Published June 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum teleportation in the spin-orbit variables of photon pairs

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24210-346 Niteroi, RJ (Brazil)
  • 2. Laboratoire Materiaux et Phenomenes Quantiques, CNRS UMR 7162, Universite Paris Diderot, F-75013, Paris (France)
  • 3. Universite Paris Sud, Institut de Sciences Moleculaires d'Orsay (CNRS), Batiment 210-Campus d'Orsay, F-91405 Orsay Cedex (France)

Description

We propose a polarization to orbital angular momentum teleportation scheme using entangled photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. By making a joint detection of the polarization and angular momentum parity of a single photon, we are able to detect all the Bell states and perform, in principle, perfect teleportation from a discrete to a continuous system using minimal resources. The proposed protocol implementation demands experimental resources that are currently available in quantum optics laboratories.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 060301-060301.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics