Experimental Optimal Cloning of Four-Dimensional Quantum States of Photons
Anno: 2010
Autori: Nagali E., Giovannini D., Marrucci L., Slussarenko S., Santamato E., Sciarrino F.
Affiliazione autori: Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy; Univ Naples Federico 2, Dipartimento Sci Fis, I-80126 Naples, Italy; CNR SPIN, I-80126 Naples, Italy; Ist Nazl Ottica, CNR, I-50125 Florence, Italy.
Abstract: Optimal quantum cloning is the process of making one or more copies of an arbitrary unknown input quantum state with the highest possible fidelity. All reported demonstrations of quantum cloning have so far been limited to copying two-dimensional quantum states, or qubits. We report the experimental realization of the optimal quantum cloning of four-dimensional quantum states, or ququarts, encoded in the polarization and orbital angular momentum degrees of freedom of photons. Our procedure, based on the symmetrization method, is also shown to be generally applicable to quantum states of arbitrarily high dimension-or qudits-and to be scalable to an arbitrary number of copies, in all cases remaining optimal. Furthermore, we report the bosonic coalescence of two single-particle entangled states.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 105 (7) Da Pagina: 73602-1 A: 73602-4
Maggiori informazioni: This work was supported by project HYTEQ-FIRB, Finanziamento Ateneo 2009 of Sapienza Universita di Roma, and European project PHORBITECH of the FET program (Grant No. 255914).Parole chiavi: Systems; QubitsDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.073602Citazioni: 75dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2025-05-18Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui
