On-chip coherent conversion of photonic quantum entanglement between different degrees of freedom

Harnessing multiple degrees of freedom of quantum states on chip could improve quantum information processing. Here, the authors demonstrate coherent conversion of quantum states between path, polarization and transverse waveguide-mode degrees of freedom in a quantum photonic integrated circuit.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lan-Tian Feng, Ming Zhang, Zhi-Yuan Zhou, Ming Li, Xiao Xiong, Le Yu, Bao-Sen Shi, Guo-Ping Guo, Dao-Xin Dai, Xi-Feng Ren, Guang-Can Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11985