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Single-Photon Entangled W-States in Discrete Dimension of a Waveguide

Amir Sivan, Amit Kam, Guy Bartal, Meir Orenstein

Published Jan 1, 2024• 2 citations
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Abstract

We generate W-states from single photons in a single waveguide by employing modes as a discrete synthetic dimension. This is realized by a structure enabling hopping in the modes ladder.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2024.jw2a.164

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