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Experimental characterization of two spatial qutrits using entanglement witnesses

A. J. Gutiérrez-Esparza, Wanderson M. Pimenta, Breno Marques, A. A. Matoso, J. L. Lucio M., Sebastião Pádua

Published Nov 7, 2012• 14 citations
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Abstract

We present an experimental technique for a complete characterization of entanglement in a two-qutrit state generated using transverse spatial correlations of two parametric down-converted photons. We verify entanglement for a particular case via entanglement witness operators which are decomposed into a sum of local observables of single path and superposition projection operators. Experimentally, these operators are accomplished by using a spatial light modulator and a polarizing beam splitter which allow to modulate the amplitude of individually chosen path states. The quantification of entanglement is computed by the negativity obtained from the expectation values of the entanglement witnesses implemented.

DOI
10.1364/oe.20.026351

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