• DocumentCode
    2266167
  • Title

    Manipulation of single-photon states encoded in orbital angular momentum

  • Author

    Picon, A. ; Calvo, G.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Grup de Fis. Teor., Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analyze possibilities to create/manipulate photon states encoded in spatial degrees of freedom. We show stringent limits for symplectic transforms acting on paraxial modes, and how to overcome these with novel classes of non-Gaussian operations.
  • Keywords
    angular momentum; quantum optics; nonGaussian operations; orbital angular momentum; paraxial modes; photon manipulation; single-photon states; symplectic transforms; Access protocols; Encoding; Frequency; Hilbert space; Multidimensional systems; Optical losses; Optical network units; Optical polarization; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; (080.2468) First-order optics; (270.5565) Quantum communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572793