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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Experimental generation of entangled states by post-selected linear-optics operations

Morgan W. Mitchell, Chris W. Ellenor, Jeff S. Lundeen, Aephraim M. Steinberg

Published Jan 1, 2004• 0 citations
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We present recent experiments on production of entangled states using linear optical elements and post-selection. Using quantum information techniques including state and process tomography, we characterize strategies for producing Bell states and multi-photon entangled states.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2004.img5

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