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Frontiers in Optics

CNOT Gate with Polarization and Orbital Angular Momentum of Single Photons

Kumel H. Kagalwala, Giovanni Di Giuseppe, Ayman F. Abouraddy, Bahaa E. A. Saleh

Published Jan 1, 2013• 2 citations
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Abstract

We propose a linear, single-photon, deterministic controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate implemented by a polarization-sensitive spatial light modulator. The polarization qubit controls the photon orbital angular momentum qubits.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2013.fth1c.2

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