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OSA Advanced Photonics Congress

Two-photon multi-partite d-level cluster states and witness operators for their practical entanglement detection

Stefania Sciara, Christian Reimer, Piotr Roztocki, David Moss, Lucia Caspani, William J. Munro, Michael Kues, Roberto Morandotti

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

We generate a multi-partite d-level cluster state via two photons simultaneously entangled in time and frequency, and validate its entanglement by developing witness operators that enable the practical detection of any complex photon state.
DOI
10.1364/iprsn.2021.iw1a.3

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