Title :
Photons with additional inner degree of freedom
Author :
Becker, H. ; Schmid, K. ; Dultz, W. ; Roskos, H. ; Martienssen, W.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Inst., Frankfurt Univ.
Abstract :
By interferometrically modifying a photon´s wave form, it gains an additional inner phase able to store one bit on information. Photon pair interference allows to obtain the XOR-signal of the encoded bits
Keywords :
encoding; information storage; light interference; light interferometry; optical logic; quantum gates; quantum optics; degree of freedom; encoded bits XOR-signal; photon pair interference; photon wave form;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4