9-13 July 2012
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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High-dimensional Entanglement

12 Jul 2012, 14:30
20m
Oral Presentation Track C - Photonics Photonics

Speaker

Ms Melanie McLaren (CSIR)

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Prof. Andrew Forbes, aforbes1@csir.co.za, CSIR

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD)?

PhD

Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)

High-dimensional entanglement of quantum systems offers greater possibilities to a number of applications, such as loophole-free tests of nonlocality and new quantum information schemes. We demonstrate the tomographic reconstruction of the high-dimensional quantum states of photon pairs entangled in the orbital angular momentum basis, by providing a full characterisation, in the form of a density matrix, of the entangled states. The density matrices were determined for the entangled two-qudit state, where the dimensions ranged from 2 to 8, limited only by the number of data points and the length of time required. We show that all recorded states have high fidelities and linear entropies required for a violation of the appropriate high-dimensional Bell inequality. This demonstrates a characterisation of the nature of the entanglement, allowing for possibly applications in quantum information science.

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

No

Apply to be<br> consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Primary author

Co-authors

Prof. Andrew Forbes (CSIR) Dr F.S. Roux (CSIR) Dr Jonathan Leach (University of Ottawa) Ms Megan Agnew (University of Ottawa) Prof. Robert Boyd (University of Ottawa, University of Rochester)

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