Entanglement Generation by Fock-State Filtration
Author(s) -
K. J. Resch,
Jeremy L. O’Brien,
T. J. Weinhold,
Kaoru Sanaka,
B. P. Lanyon,
Nathan K. Langford,
A. G. White
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.98.203602
Subject(s) - quantum entanglement , physics , fock state , photon , fock space , quantum optics , polarization (electrochemistry) , measure (data warehouse) , quantum mechanics , quantum state , path integral formulation , quantum information , quantum , computer science , chemistry , database
We demonstrate a Fock-state filter which is capable of preferentiallyblocking single photons over photon pairs. The large conditional nonlinearitiesare based on higher-order quantum interference, using linear optics, an ancillaphoton, and measurement. We demonstrate that the filter acts coherently byusing it to convert unentangled photon pairs to a path-entangled state. Wequantify the degree of entanglement by transforming the path information topolarisation information, applying quantum state tomography we measure a tangleof T=(20+/-9)%.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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