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Local discrimination of orbital angular momentum in entangled states

Quantum Physics 2025-02-18 v1 Optics

Abstract

We address the use of a calcite crystal-based local detector to the discrimination of orbital angular momentum of quantum radiation produced by parametric down conversion. We demonstrate that a discrimination can be obtained exploiting the introduction of a fine and controlled spatial shift between two replicas of the state in the crystals. We believe that this technology could be used for future development of long-distance quantum communication techniques, where information encoding is based on orbital angular momentum.

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@article{arxiv.2309.00295,
  title  = {Local discrimination of orbital angular momentum in entangled states},
  author = {Simone Cialdi and Edoardo Suerra and Samuele Altilia and Stefano Olivares and Bruno Paroli and Marco A. C. Potenza and Mirko Siano and Matteo G. A. Paris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.00295},
  year   = {2025}
}