Probabilistic quantum encoder for single-photon qubits
T. B. Pittman, B. C. Jacobs, J. D. Franson
We describe an experiment in which a physical qubit represented by the polarization state of a single photon was probabilistically encoded in the logical state of two photons. The experiment relied on linear optics, postselection, and three-photon interference effects produced by a parametric down-conversion photon pair and a weak coherent state. An interesting consequence of the encoding operation was the ability to observe entangled three-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states.
arXiv:quant-ph/0312097•Physical Review A•Apr 14, 2004•37 citations