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Direct Measurement of a 27-Dimensional Quantum State

Mehul Malik, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Martin P. J. Lavery, Jonathan Leach, Miles J. Padgett, Robert W. Boyd

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show the experimental direct measurement of a high-dimensional quantum state in the discrete orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) basis. Our technique employs weak measurements of OAM and strong measurements of angular position.
DOI
10.1364/cqo.2013.m6.16

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