Spin–orbit laser mode transfer via a classical analogue of quantum teleportation

TY - JOUR

T1 - Spin–orbit laser mode transfer via a classical analogue of quantum teleportation

AU - Pinheiro da Silva, B.

AU - Leal, M. Astigarreta

AU - Souza, C. E. R.

AU - Galvao, E. F.

AU - Khoury, A. Z.

PY - 2016/2/8

Y1 - 2016/2/8

N2 - We translate the quantum teleportation protocol into a sequence of coherent operations involving three degrees of freedom of a classical laser beam. The protocol, which we demonstrate experimentally, transfers the polarization state of the input beam to the transverse mode of the output beam. The role of quantum entanglement is played by a non-separable mode describing the path and transverse degrees of freedom. Our protocol illustrates the possibility of new optical applications based on this intriguing classical analogue of quantum entanglement.

AB - We translate the quantum teleportation protocol into a sequence of coherent operations involving three degrees of freedom of a classical laser beam. The protocol, which we demonstrate experimentally, transfers the polarization state of the input beam to the transverse mode of the output beam. The role of quantum entanglement is played by a non-separable mode describing the path and transverse degrees of freedom. Our protocol illustrates the possibility of new optical applications based on this intriguing classical analogue of quantum entanglement.

UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/5/055501

U2 - 10.1088/0953-4075/49/5/055501

DO - 10.1088/0953-4075/49/5/055501

M3 - Article

SN - 0953-4075

VL - 49

JO - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

JF - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

IS - 5

M1 - 055501

ER -