Entanglement and purity of single- and two-photon states
arXiv:0803.0771 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.77.062333
Abstract
Whereas single- and two-photon wave packets are usually treated as pure states, in practice they will be mixed. We study how entanglement created with mixed photon wave packets is degraded. We find in particular that the entanglement of a delocalized single-photon state of the electro-magnetic field is determined simply by its purity. We also discuss entanglement for two-photon mixed states, as well as the influence of a vacuum component.
arXiv comment11 pages, 10 figures, 1 debuting author
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