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Quantum erasers with paths in the form of physical slits have been studied extensively and proven instrumental in probing wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics. Here we replace physical paths (slits) with abstract paths of orbital…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Isaac Nape , Bienvenu Ndagano , Andrew Forbes

The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light, associated with a helical structure of the wavefunction, has a great potential for quantum photonics, as it allows attaching a higher dimensional quantum space to each photon. Hitherto, however,…

We present a scheme to generate three particle hyper-entanglement utilizing polarization and orbital angular momentum (OAM) of a photon. We show that the generated state can be used to teleport a two-qubit state described by the…

The optical "spin-orbit" coupling occurring in a suitably patterned nonuniform birefringent plate known as `q-plate' allows entangling the polarization of a single photon with its orbital angular momentum (OAM). This process, in turn, can…

Quantum teleportation, lying at the heart of a variety of quantum technologies, has inspired a widespread of research activities, most of which focused on 2-dimensional qubit states. Multilevel systems, qudits, promise to upgrade and…

Optics · Physics 2021-12-09 Xiaodong Qiu , Haoxu Guo , Lixiang Chen

We propose an orbital angular momentum (OAM) quantum holography scheme based on multi-mode Bessel-Gaussian (MBG) beams. Entangled photon pairs are generated through spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) process, and the axis prism…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-29 Jinjin Li , Chaoying Zhao

We calculate the relative amplitude of orbital angular momentum (OAM) entangled photon pairs from the spontaneous parametric down conversion. The results show that the amplitude depends on both the two Laguerre indices l, p. We also discuss…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xi-Feng Ren , Guo-Ping Guo , Bo Yu , Jian Li , Guang-Can Guo

Among the optical degrees of freedom, the orbital angular momentum of light provides unique properties, including mechanical torque action with applications for light manipulation, enhanced sensitivity in imaging techniques and potential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-03 A. Nicolas , L. Veissier , L. Giner , E. Giacobino , D. Maxein , J. Laurat

Photons carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) are excellent qudits and are widely used in several applications, such as long distance quantum communication, $d$-dimensional teleportation and high-resolution imaging and metrology. All…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-30 Alexandra Maria Palici , Tudor-Alexandru Isdraila , Stefan Ataman , Radu Ionicioiu

Cutting-edge quantum technologies lean on sources of high-dimensional entangled states (HDES) that reliably prepare high-fidelity target states. The idea to overlap photon paths from distinct but indistinguishable sources was recently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Richard Bernecker , Baghdasar Baghdasaryan , Stephan Fritzsche

We report the first quantum entanglement experiment in South Africa. The spatial modes of the entangled photon pair are investigated with their potential for high-dimensional entanglement. The generation, measurement and characterisation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-31 Melanie McLaren , Filippus S. Roux , Andrew Forbes

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) entangled photon pairs with narrow bandwidths play a crucial role in the interaction of light and quantum states of matter. In this article, we demonstrate an approach for generating OAM entangled photon pairs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-12 Jiaheng Ma , Chengyuan Wang , Bingbing Li , Yun Chen , Ye Yang , Jinwen Wang , Xin Yang , Shuwei Qiu , Hong Gao , Fuli Li

Photon pairs generated from spontaneous parametric down-conversion are a well-established method to realize entangled bipartite photonic systems. Laguerre-Gaussian modes, which carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), are commonly exploited to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-30 Richard Bernecker , Baghdasar Baghdasaryan , Stephan Fritzsche

Light with orbital angular momentum (OAM) has great potentials in both classical and quantum optical communications such as enhancing the transmission capacity of a single communication channel because of its unlimited dimensions. Based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-10 Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Yan Li , Dong-Sheng Ding , Wei Zhang , Shuai Shi , Bao-Sen Shi , Guang-Can Guo

The concept of correlated two-photon spiral imaging is introduced. We begin by analyzing the joint orbital angular momentum (OAM) spectrum of correlated photon pairs. The mutual information carried by the photon pairs is evaluated, and it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 David S. Simon , Alexander V. Sergienko

High-dimensional quantum key distribution (HD-QKD) enhances information efficiency and noise tolerance by encoding data in large Hilbert spaces. The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light provides a scalable basis for such encoding and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Huan Zhang , Zhenyu Cao , Yu Sun , Hu Jin

Quantum entanglement is one of the most prominent features of quantum mechanics and forms the basis of quantum information technologies. Here we present a novel method for the creation of quantum entanglement in multipartite and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-24 Mario Krenn , Armin Hochrainer , Mayukh Lahiri , Anton Zeilinger

Wave-particle duality is the most fundamental description of the nature of a quantum object which behaves like a classical particle or wave depending on the measurement apparatus. On the other hand, entanglement represents nonclassical…

Photons with a helical phase front (twisted photons) can carry a discrete, in principle, unbounded amount of orbital angular momentum (OAM). Twisted single-photons have been demonstrated as a high-dimensional quantum system with information…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-26 Bo Chen , Yuming Wei , Tianming Zhao , Shunfa Liu , Beimeng Yao , Ying Yu , Jin Liu , Xue-hua Wang

We present an experimental evidence that high dimensional orbital angular momentum entanglement of a pair of photons can be survived after a photon-plasmon-photon conversion. The information of spatial modes can be coherently transmitted by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xi-Feng Ren , Guo-Ping Guo , Yun-Feng Huang , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo