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Tripartite entanglement in parametric down-conversion with spatially-structured pump

Quantum Physics 2010-02-13 v1

Abstract

Most investigations of multipartite entanglement have been concerned with temporal modes of the electromagnetic field, and have neglected its spatial structure. We present a simple model which allows to generate tripartite entanglement between spatial modes by parametric down-conversion with two symmetrically-tilted plane waves serving as a pump. The characteristics of this entanglement are investigated. We also discuss the generalization of our scheme to 2N+1-partite entanglement using 2N symmetrically-tilted plane pump waves. Another interesting feature is the possibility of entanglement localization in just two spatial modes.

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@article{arxiv.1002.1798,
  title  = {Tripartite entanglement in parametric down-conversion with spatially-structured pump},
  author = {D. Daems and F. Bernard and N. J. Cerf and M. I. Kolobov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1798},
  year   = {2010}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures

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