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Realizing a variable isotropic depolarizer |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 13, pp. 2643-2645 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.002643
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Abstract
We demonstrate an isotropic depolarizing channel with a controllable degree of depolarization. The depolarizer is composed of four birefringent crystals and half-wave plates. Quantum process tomography results of the depolarization effect on single photons agree well with the theoretical prediction. This depolarizer can be used to test quantum communication protocols with photons.
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OCIS Codes
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(270.2500) Quantum optics : Fluctuations, relaxations, and noise
(270.5565) Quantum optics : Quantum communications
ToC Category:
Quantum Optics
History
Original Manuscript: March 27, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 3, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 6, 2012
Published: June 25, 2012
Citation
Assaf Shaham and Hagai S. Eisenberg, "Realizing a variable isotropic depolarizer," Opt. Lett. 37, 2643-2645 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-13-2643
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