Title :
Orbital angular momentum and quantum entanglement
Author_Institution :
Huygens Lab., Leiden Univ., Leiden, Netherlands
Abstract :
In this paper, we focus on the use of orbital angular momentum (OAM) states of light in quantum information science. The OAM degree of freedom is a spatial degree of freedom and is as such intrinsically high dimensional. This offers the possibility of high-dimensional entanglement of two photons, in contrast to the more usual situation where one employs the polarization degree of freedom, which is 2D.
Keywords :
angular momentum theory; light polarisation; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; 2D degree-of-freedom; high-dimensional quantum entanglement; light polarization; orbital angular momentum states; quantum information science; Information science; Laboratories; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Quantum entanglement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192915
