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Classical entanglement: Oxymoron or resource?

Quantum Physics 2017-11-08 v2

Abstract

In this work we review and further develop the controversial concept of "classical entanglement" in optical beams. We present a unified theory for different kinds of light beams exhibiting classical entanglement and we indicate several possible extensions of the concept. Our results shed new light upon the physics at the debated border between the classical and the quantum representations of the world.

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@article{arxiv.1409.0213,
  title  = {Classical entanglement: Oxymoron or resource?},
  author = {Andrea Aiello and Falk Töppel and Christoph Marquardt and Elisabeth Giacobino and Gerd Leuchs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.0213},
  year   = {2017}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures. Version submitted to PRA

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