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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

Generation of Polarization-Hologram Entangled States Using Metasurfaces

Jensen Li, Hong Liang, Wai Chun Wong, Tailin An

Published Jun 23, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate metasurfaces that generate polarization-hologram entangled states, enabling quantum holograms and exploring quantum erasers with holographic content. These metasurfaces are valuable for quantum communication and anti-counterfeiting, leveraging high-dimensional entanglement and wave-particle duality.
DOI
10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11109244

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