Parametric source of two-photon states with a tunable degree of entanglement and mixing: Experimental preparation of Werner states and maximally entangled mixed states

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Cinelli, C ^a   Di Nepi, G ^a   De Martini, F ^a   Barbieri, M ^a   Mataloni, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM OPTICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM COMPUTATION; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS (QED); QUANTUM INFORMATION (QI); SPONTANEOUS PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION (SPDC); TELEPORTATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 19544368975     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.022321     Document Type: Article

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