TitleDirect transfer of classical non-separable states into hybrid entangled two photon states.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsJabir MV, N Chaitanya A, Mathew M, Samanta GK
JournalSci Rep
Volume7
Issue1
Pagination7331
Date Published2017 Aug 04
ISSN2045-2322
Abstract

Hybrid entangled states, having entanglement between different degrees-of-freedom (DoF) of a particle pair, are of great interest for quantum information science and communication protocols. Among different DoFs, the hybrid entangled states encoded with polarization and orbital angular momentum (OAM) allow the generation of qubit-qudit entangled states, macroscopic entanglement with very high quanta of OAM and improvement in angular resolution in remote sensing. Till date, such hybrid entangled states are generated by using a high-fidelity polarization entangled states and subsequent imprinting of chosen amount of OAM using suitable mode converters such as spatial light modulator in complicated experimental schemes. Given that the entangled sources have feeble number of photons, loss of photons during imprinting of OAM using diffractive optical elements limits the use of such hybrid states for practical applications. Here we report, on a simple generic experimental scheme to generate hybrid entangled states in polarization and OAM through direct transfer of classical non-separable states of the pump beam in parametric down conversion process. As a proof of principle, using local non-separable pump states of OAM mode l = 3, we have produced quantum hybrid entangled states with entanglement witness parameter of ~1.25 ± 0.03 violating by 8 standard deviation.

DOI10.1038/s41598-017-07318-1
Alternate JournalSci Rep
PubMed ID28779165
PubMed Central IDPMC5544695