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Characterizing the Family of Triphoton States and their Wigner Representation on the Poincaré Sphere

Lynden K. Shalm, Robert B. A. Adamson, Aephraim M. Steinberg

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present reconstructions of Wigner distributions for the polarization state of three indistinguishable photons on the generalized Poincaré sphere. We study a variety of states and examine their suitability for quantum lithography and metrology applications.
DOI
10.1364/icqi.2007.jwc30

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