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High Dimensional Spin-Orbital Entangled states of Single Photons

Shailesh Kumar, Yinhui Kan, Xujing Liu, L. F. Kulikova, Валерий Александрович Давыдов, V. Agafonov, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate generation of vectorial spin-orbital photon states in high-dimensional Hilbert spaces, mapping the generated states on hybrid-order Bloch spheres. We realize these states experimentally with high fidelity utilizing solid-state single-photon sources.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2025.qth4b.6

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