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Effect of atmospheric turbulence on entangled orbital angular momentum three-qubit state

Xiang Yan, Pengfei Zhang, Jinghui Zhang, Xiaoxing Feng, Chunhong Qiao, Chengyu Fan

Published Jun 1, 2017• 7 citations

Abstract

The entangled orbital angular momentum (OAM) three photons propagating in Kolmogorov weak turbulence are investigated. Here, the single phase screen model is used to study the entanglement evolution of OAM photons. The results indicate that the entangled OAM three-qubit state with higher OAM modes will be more robust against turbulence. Furthermore, it is found that the entangled OAM three-qubit state has a higher overall transmission for small OAM values.

DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/6/064202

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