Versatile source of polarization-entangled photons

Journal Article · Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.053842· OSTI ID:21408922

Maser, A; Wiegner, R; Schilling, U; Thiel, C; Zanthier, J von ^[1]

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1. Institut fuer Optik, Information und Photonik, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)

We propose a method for the generation of a large variety of entangled states, encoded in the polarization degrees of freedom of N photons, within the same experimental setup. Starting with uncorrelated photons, emitted from N arbitrary single-photon sources, and using linear optical tools only, we demonstrate the creation of all symmetric states (e.g., GHZ and W states), as well as all symmetric and nonsymmetric total angular momentum eigenstates of the N-qubit compound.

• OSTI ID: 21408922
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.053842; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
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