Quantum coherence of spatial photonic qudits: experimental measurement and path-marker analysis
arXiv:1910.09574 · doi:10.1088/2040-8986/ab8451
Abstract
Discussions about quantum interference, indistinguishability and superpostion between quantum states goes back to the beginning of quantum mechanics, but the theoretical problem concerning quantitative measures for quantum coherence was only recently solved by Baumgratz et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 140401 (2014)]. Since then many works have explored one of the possible coherence measures, the l1 norm, which has not yet been experimentally obtained for spatial photonic states in high dimensions. In this article we study states prepared with photons crossing multiple slits and implement the theoretical proposal of T. Paul and T. Qureshi [ Phys. Rev. A 95 042110 (2017)] to determine experimentally the l1 norm of qutrit states. We analyze the method validity and present an alternative for states in which one of their assumptions does not apply. We also discuss the requirements necessary for using an interference pattern for measuring quantum coherence of qudits by treating the measure-operator that describe the detection optical configuration as path-markers, relating them with the quantum coherence determination.
arXiv comment9 pages, 5 figures
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