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Quantum entanglement of angular momentum states with quantum numbers up to 10,010

Fickler, Robert; Campbell, Geoff; Buchler, Benjamin; Lam, Ping Koy; Zeilinger, Anton

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Photons with a twisted phase front carry a quantized amount of orbital angular momentum (OAM) and have become important in various fields of optics, such as quantum and classical information science or optical tweezers. Because no upper limit on the OAM content per photon is known, they are also interesting systems to experimentally challenge quantum mechanical prediction for high quantum numbers. Here, we take advantage of a recently developed technique to imprint unprecedented high values of...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorFickler, Robert
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Geoff
dc.contributor.authorBuchler, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorLam, Ping Koy
dc.contributor.authorZeilinger, Anton
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-29T22:53:00Z
dc.date.available2018-11-29T22:53:00Z
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/152347
dc.description.abstractPhotons with a twisted phase front carry a quantized amount of orbital angular momentum (OAM) and have become important in various fields of optics, such as quantum and classical information science or optical tweezers. Because no upper limit on the OAM content per photon is known, they are also interesting systems to experimentally challenge quantum mechanical prediction for high quantum numbers. Here, we take advantage of a recently developed technique to imprint unprecedented high values of OAM, namely spiral phase mirrors, to generate photons with more than 10,000 quanta of OAM. Moreover, we demonstrate quantum entanglement between these large OAM quanta of one photon and the polarization of its partner photon. To our knowledge, this corresponds to entanglement with the largest quantum number that has been demonstrated in an experiment. The results may also open novel ways to couple single photons to massive objects, enhance angular resolution, and highlight OAM as a promising way to increase the information capacity of a single photon.
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dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences (USA)
dc.sourcePNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.titleQuantum entanglement of angular momentum states with quantum numbers up to 10,010
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume113
dc.date.issued2016
local.identifier.absfor020603 - Quantum Information, Computation and Communication
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB5106
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationFickler, Robert, Austrian Academy of Sciences
local.contributor.affiliationCampbell, Geoff, College of Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationBuchler, Benjamin, College of Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationLam, Ping Koy, College of Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationZeilinger, Anton, Austrian Academy of Sciences
local.bibliographicCitation.issue48
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage13642
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage13647
local.identifier.doi10.1073/pnas.1616889113
dc.date.updated2018-11-29T07:50:26Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84999040366
local.identifier.thomsonID000388835700049
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