Spatial correlations in parametric down-conversion

SP Walborn, CH Monken, S Pádua, PHS Ribeiro - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
The transverse spatial effects observed in photon pairs produced by parametric down-
conversion provide a robust and fertile testing ground for studies of quantum mechanics …

Generation of entangled states of qudits using twin photons

L Neves, G Lima, JG Aguirre Gómez, CH Monken… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
We report an experiment to generate entangled states of D-dimensional quantum systems,
qudits, by using transverse spatial correlations of two parametric down-converted photons …

Characterizing entanglement in qubits created with spatially correlated twin photons

L Neves, G Lima, EJS Fonseca, L Davidovich… - Physical Review A …, 2007 - APS
We characterize entanglement in two-qubit pure states encoded in transverse momenta of
twin photons obtained from spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Two alternate …

Minimum tomography of two entangled qutrits using local measurements of one-qutrit symmetric informationally complete positive operator-valued measure

WM Pimenta, B Marques, TO Maciel, RO Vianna… - Physical Review A …, 2013 - APS
An experimental demonstration of two-qutrit state tomography via one-qutrit symmetric
informationally complete positive operator-valued measure (SIC-POVM) is presented. A two …

Experimental simulation of decoherence in photonics qudits

B Marques, AA Matoso, WM Pimenta… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
We experimentally perform the simulation of open quantum dynamics in single-qudit
systems. Using a spatial light modulator as a dissipative optical device, we implement …

Engineering of two-photon spatial quantum correlations behind a double slit

WH Peeters, JJ Renema, MP van Exter - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular …, 2009 - APS
This paper demonstrates the engineering of spatially entangled two-photon states behind a
double slit by tailoring the incident pure two-photon state. We experimentally characterize …

Hybrid photonic entanglement: Realization, characterization, and applications

L Neves, G Lima, A Delgado, C Saavedra - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2009 - APS
We show that the quantum disentanglement eraser implemented on a two-photon system
from parametric downconversion is a general method to create hybrid photonic …

Effects of crystal length on the angular spectrum of spontaneous parametric downconversion photon pairs

R Ramírez-Alarcón, H Cruz-Ramirez, AB U'Ren - Laser Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a theoretical and experimental analysis of the joint effects of the transverse
electric field distribution and of the nonlinear crystal characteristics on the properties of …

Direct determination of arbitrary dimensional entanglement monotones using statistical correlators and minimal complementary measurements

D Ghosh, T Jennewein, U Sinha - Quantum Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Higher dimensional quantum systems (qudits) present a potentially more efficient means,
compared to qubits, for implementing various information theoretic tasks. One of the …

Determination of any pure spatial qudits from a minimum number of measurements by phase-stepping interferometry

Q Pears Stefano, L Rebón, S Ledesma, C Iemmi - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We present a proof-of-principle demonstration of a method to characterize any pure spatial
qudit of arbitrary dimension d, which is based on the classic phase-shift interferometry …