Experimental characterization of quantum polarization of three-photon states
arXiv:1706.07755 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.96.033840
Abstract
We experimentally investigate various quantum polarization features of three-photon quantum states, including product and entangled states with varying purity. The three-photon quantum states are categorized into six classes based on the rotation symmetry of mean, variance, and skewness of the polarization distribution. The representative three-photon quantum states in each category is prepared from double-pair emission from pulsed spontaneous parametric down-conversion and quantum interferometry. We demonstrate that the three-photon quantum states show interesting quantum polarization properties, such as, maximum sum-uncertainty and hidden polarizations.
arXiv comment8 pages, 4 figures
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