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arXiv:quant-ph/0409208 · Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Single-particle entanglement

M Ali Can, Alexander A. Klyachko, A.S. Shumovsky

Published Jan 7, 2005• 33 citations
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Abstract

Using the approach to quantum entanglement based on the quantum fluctuations of observables, we show the existence of perfect entangled states of a single ‘spin-1’ particle. We give physical examples related to photons and condensed matter physics.
DOI
10.1088/1464-4266/7/2/l01

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