dorsal/arxiv
View SchemaOptical Bell-state analysis in the coincidence basis
| Authors | S. P. Walborn, W. A. T. Nogueira, S. Pádua, C. H. Monken |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0212058 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0212058 |
| DOI | 10.1209/epl/i2003-00339-6 |
| Journal | Europhysics Letters 62, 161-167 (2003). |
Abstract
Many quantum information protocols require a Bell-state measurement of entangled systems. Most optical Bell-state measurements utilize two-photon interference at a beam splitter. By creating polarization-entangled photons with spontaneous parametric down-conversion using a first-order Hermite-Gaussian pump beam, we invert the usual interference behavior and perform an incomplete Bell-state measurement in the coincidence basis. We discuss the possibility of a complete Bell-state measurement in the coincidence basis using hyperentangled states [Phys. Rev. A, \textbf{58}, R2623 (1998)].
{
"annotation_id": "f965eeb7-e04d-4c81-b709-0c699e5b0b8e",
"date_created": "2026-03-02T18:01:56.680000Z",
"date_modified": "2026-03-02T18:01:56.680000Z",
"file_hash": "7f07a77dde92db978813d6fe7a6ddbd02d70789449ec42e31bf21dd949deda4b",
"private": false,
"record": {
"abstract": "Many quantum information protocols require a Bell-state measurement of\nentangled systems. Most optical Bell-state measurements utilize two-photon\ninterference at a beam splitter. By creating polarization-entangled photons\nwith spontaneous parametric down-conversion using a first-order\nHermite-Gaussian pump beam, we invert the usual interference behavior and\nperform an incomplete Bell-state measurement in the coincidence basis. We\ndiscuss the possibility of a complete Bell-state measurement in the coincidence\nbasis using hyperentangled states [Phys. Rev. A, \\textbf{58}, R2623 (1998)].",
"arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0212058",
"authors": [
"S. P. Walborn",
"W. A. T. Nogueira",
"S. P\u00e1dua",
"C. H. Monken"
],
"categories": [
"quant-ph"
],
"doi": "10.1209/epl/i2003-00339-6",
"journal_ref": "Europhysics Letters 62, 161-167 (2003).",
"title": "Optical Bell-state analysis in the coincidence basis",
"url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0212058"
},
"schema_id": "dorsal/arxiv",
"source": {
"execution_id": "c6ece70f-dc38-44f8-ad1d-7d81e1326a9c",
"id": "arXiv Dataset IDs",
"type": "Model",
"variant": "snapshot-2026-03-01",
"version": "0.1.0"
},
"user_id": 1000002
}