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International Conference on Quantum Information

Quantum Entanglement of Singular Photons

J. P. Woerdman, J. B. Pors, Sumant S. R. Oemrawsingh, Martin P. van Exter, Andrea Aiello, Gert W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We manipulate the azimuthal degrees of freedom of twin photons by rotating singular quantum projectors in signal and idler beams of a SPDC set-up. This allows generation of high-dimensional entangled two-photon states.
DOI
10.1364/icqi.2007.ifa2

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