Title :
Orbital angular momentum of entangled photons in noncollinear phase matching
Author :
Molina-Terriza, G. ; Torres, Juan P. ; Torner, L.
Author_Institution :
Institut fur Exp., Wien Univ., Austria
Abstract :
We study the entangled photon orbital angular momentum states generated in spontaneous parametric downconversion and predict that highly noncollinear geometries lead to apparent orbital angular momentum violations.
Keywords :
angular momentum; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; entangled photons; noncollinear phase matching; orbital angular momentum; spontaneous parametric downconversion; Australia; Cryptography; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Optical variables control; Paramagnetic resonance; Physics; Quantum entanglement; Quantum mechanics; Teleportation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314267