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20242026
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8 papers

physics.optics2026

Non-monotonic dependence of OAM Schmidt spectrum on crystal thickness

Harshal Jain, Suman Karan, Radhika Prasad +1

The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of photons provides a high-dimensional resource for quantum information protocols. The dimensionality of OAM-entangled states generated via spont…

quant-ph2026

Measuring the complete set of spatial Schmidt modes of entangled two-photon fields

Radhika Prasad, Nilakshi Senapati, Abhinandan Bhattacharjee +2

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) is the most widely-used source of high-dimensional entangled two-photon states, and the entanglement in the spatial degree of freedom…

physics.optics2026

OAM-mode sorting with a wavefront twister

Suman Karan, Swati Chaudhary, Harshwardhan Wanare +1

We propose an OAM sorter based on a novel optical element that we refer to as a wavefront twister. It is a generalization of the conventional wavefront rotators such as the Dove pr…

physics.optics2026

Polarization-preserving wavefront rotator

Suman Karan, Aman Srivastava, Pratham Sachin Todkar +1

A K-mirror rotates the wavefront of an incident optical field. However, the rotation always introduces polarization changes in the transmitted field. This is a serious concern for…

quant-ph2026

Observation of OAM non-conservation in entangled photon generation

Suman Karan, Anand K. Jha

Orbital angular momentum (OAM)-entangled states produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) are considered ideal for realizing high-dimensional entangled states, whic…

physics.optics2025

An experimental technique for measuring radial coherence

Radhika Prasad, Nilakshi Senapati, Suman Karan +4

Coherence refers to correlations between field vibrations at two separate points in degrees of freedom such as space, time, and polarisation. In the context of space, coherence the…