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Bi-directional mapping between polarization and spatially encoded photonic qutrits

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
 [1];  [2]
  1. College of Information Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University-Xiamen, Xiamen 361021 (China)
  2. Institute for Quantum Information Science, University of Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 (Canada)
Qutrits, the triple level quantum systems in various forms, have been proposed for quantum information processing recently. By the methods presented in this paper, a biphotonic qutrit, which is encoded with the polarizations of two photons in the same spatial-temporal mode, can be mapped to a single-photon qutrit in spatial modes. It will make arbitrary unitary operation on such biphotonic qutrit possible if we can also realize the inverse map to polarization space. Among the two schemes proposed in this paper, the one based only on linear optics realizes an arbitrary U(3) operation with a very small success probability. However, if added with weak nonlinearity, the success probability can be greatly improved. These schemes are feasible with the current experimental technology.
OSTI ID:
21352312
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 80; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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