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Frontiers in Optics

A few-mode fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer for quantum communication applications

Alvaro Alarcón, GUILHERME BARRETO XAVIER

Published Jan 1, 2020• 2 citations
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Abstract

We show that telecom few-mode fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometers can be used for quantum communication protocols where the LP01 and LP11 a modes are employed to encode spatial qubits.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2020.lm1f.6

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