Published March 2002 | Version v1
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Two-photon entanglement of orbital angular momentum states

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Description

We investigate the orbital angular momentum correlation of a photon pair created in a spontaneous parametric down-conversion process. We show how the conservation of the orbital angular momentum in this process results from phase matching in the nonlinear crystal

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.65.033823;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 033823-033823.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36027854
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONVERSION; CORRELATIONS; CRYSTALS; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PHOTONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MECHANICS

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Notes
(c) 2002 The American Physical Society