Entanglement and purity of single- and two-photon states
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v2
Abstract
Whereas single- and two-photon wave packets are usually treated as pure states, in practice they will be mixed. We study how entanglement created with mixed photon wave packets is degraded. We find in particular that the entanglement of a delocalized single-photon state of the electro-magnetic field is determined simply by its purity. We also discuss entanglement for two-photon mixed states, as well as the influence of a vacuum component.
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@article{arxiv.0803.0771,
title = {Entanglement and purity of single- and two-photon states},
author = {Jun O. S. Yin and S. J. van Enk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.0771},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages, 10 figures, 1 debuting author