Nonlocal polarization interferometer for entanglement detection
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
We report a nonlocal interferometer capable of detecting entanglement and identifying Bell states statistically. This is possible due to the interferometer's unique correlation dependence on the antidiagonal elements of the density matrix, which have distinct bounds for separable states and unique values for the four Bell states. The interferometer consists of two spatially separated balanced Mach-Zehnder or Sagnac interferometers that share a polarization-entangled source. Correlations between these interferometers exhibit nonlocal interference, while single-photon interference is suppressed. This interferometer also allows for a unique version of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt Bell test where the local reality is the photon polarization. In conclusion, we present the relevant theory and experimental results.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1185636
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1179658
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 90, Issue 4; ISSN 1050-2947
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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