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Frontiers in Optics

Generation of Qudits Using Four Photons and a Single Degree of Freedom

Pierre-Louis de Assis, M. A. D. Carvalho, L. P. Berruezo, José Ferraz, Sebastião Pádua

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present the controlled generation of two copies of two-qudit states using four photons and a single degree of freedom, transverse momentum. It is experimentally and theoretically shown that both highly-entangled and separable states were generated.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2017.jw4a.14

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