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Joining the quantum state of two photons into one

Chiara Vitelli, Nicolò Spagnolo, Fabio Sciarrino, Enrico Santamato, Lorenzo Marrucci

Published Jan 1, 2014• 2 citations

Abstract

We introduce and demonstrate experimentally a physical process, named quantum joining, in which the two-dimensional quantum states (qubits) of two input photons are combined into a single output photon, within a four-dimensional Hilbert space.

DOI: 10.1364/qim.2014.qw3b.2

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