Measurement and control of spatial qubits generated by passing photons through double-slits
Abstract
We present an experimental study of the non-classical correlations of a pair of spatial qubits formed by passing two down-converted photons through a pair of double slits. After confirming the entanglement generated in our setup by quantum tomography using separate measurements of the slit images and the interference patterns, we show that the complete Hilbert space of the spatial qubits can be accessed by measurements performed in a single plane between the image plane and the focal plane of a lens. Specifically, it is possible to obtain both the which-path and the interference information needed for quantum tomography in a single scan of the transversal distribution of photon coincidences. Since this method can easily be extended to multi-dimensional systems, it may be a valuable tool in the application of spatial qudits to quantum information processes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.1123,
title = {Measurement and control of spatial qubits generated by passing photons through double-slits},
author = {Gen Taguchi and Tatsuo Dougakiuchi and Nobuaki Yoshimoto and Katsuya Kasai and Masataka Iinuma and Holger F. Hofmann and Yutaka Kadoya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1123},
year = {2008}
}
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19 pages, including 10 figures and 2 tables