Title :
Geometric phase for single-photon mixed polarization states
Author :
Barreiro, Julio ; Ericsson, Marie ; Peters, Nicholas ; Achilles, Daryl ; Branning ; Kwiat, Paul
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Illinois Univ.
Abstract :
The resilience of geometric phase against errors may enable fault-tolerant quantum computation. We use an interferometric scheme to measure geometric phases of various mixed polarization states generated classically and from conditionally prepared (entangled) single photons
Keywords :
light interferometry; light polarisation; quantum entanglement; quantum theory; entangled photons; fault-tolerant quantum computation; geometric phase; interferometric scheme; mixed polarization states; single-photon states;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4