We describe the creation and characterization of entangled or hyper-entangled quantum states using a fiber-based two-photon source. We use these entangled states to study local- and non-local realism.
Two photon states entangled in polarization and momentum, hyper-entangled, have been generated by using linear optics and a single Type I nonlinear crystal. These states have been completely characterized and their nonlocal behaviour have been verified by independent Bell's inequalities tests performed in the two degrees of freedom of entanglement and by an "all versus nothing" test of local realism. The manipulation of these states may represent a useful control in quantum state engineering and Bell state measurements and, more in general, in Quantum Information applications.
We present a parametric source which allows the engineering of polarization-momentum hyper- entangled two photon states based on linear optics and a single type-I nonlinear crystal. The nonlocal character of these states has been verified by various tests, including the All Versus Nothing test of local realism (A. Cabello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 , 010403 (2001)), which represents a generalization of the GHZ to the case of two entangled particles and two observers. We have also created a complete and deterministic Bell-state measure- ment by a novel experimental scheme which adopts polarization-momentum hyper-entanglement and requires linear optics and single photon detectors.