Quality of spatial entanglement propagation

Matthew Reichert, Xiaohang Sun, and Jason W. Fleischer
Phys. Rev. A 95, 063836 – Published 22 June 2017

Abstract

We explore, both experimentally and theoretically, the propagation dynamics of spatially entangled photon pairs (biphotons). Characterization of entanglement is done via the Schmidt number, which is a universal measurement of the degree of entanglement directly related to the nonseparability of the state into its subsystems. We develop expressions for the terms of the Schmidt number that depend on the amplitude and phase of the commonly used double-Gaussian approximation for the biphoton wave function, and demonstrate migration of entanglement between amplitude and phase upon propagation. We then extend this analysis to incorporate both phase curvature in the pump beam and higher spatial frequency content of more realistic non-Gaussian wave functions. Specifically, we generalize the classical beam quality parameter M2 to the biphotons, allowing the description of more information-rich beams and more complex dynamics. Agreement is found with experimental measurements using direct imaging and Fourier optics.

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  • Received 22 November 2016
  • Revised 27 February 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063836

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Matthew Reichert*, Xiaohang Sun, and Jason W. Fleischer

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA

  • *mr22@princeton.edu
  • jasonf@princeton.edu

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Vol. 95, Iss. 6 — June 2017

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