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Frontiers in Optics

Polarization-Entanglement Complementary Relation of Light with Center-of-Mass Geometric Representation

Misagh Izadi, Xiao‐Feng Qian

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report a universal complementary relation between optical polarization and entanglement for general arbitrary light fields. A novel geometric representation via the mechanical center-of-mass interpretation is also demonstrated.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2021.jth5a.98

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