Interferometric methods to measure orbital and spin, or the total angular momentum of a single photon

Leach, J. and Courtial, J. and Skeldon, K. and Barnett, S.M. and Franke-Arnold, S. and Padgett, M.J. (2004) Interferometric methods to measure orbital and spin, or the total angular momentum of a single photon. Physical Review Letters, 92 (1). 013601. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.013601)

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Abstract

We propose interferometric methods capable of measuring either the total angular momentum, or simultaneously measuring the spin and orbital angular momentum of single photons. This development enables the measurement of any angular momentum eigenstate of a single photon. The work allows the investigation of single-photon two-qubit entangled states and has implications for high density information transfer.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:2872
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    January 2004
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Mr Derek Boyle
    Date deposited:05 Feb 2007
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 08:26
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/2872
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