Management of the Angular Momentum of Light: Preparation of Photons in Multidimensional Vector States of Angular

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21 November 2001

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.quant-ph/0111112

Abstract

We put forward schemes to prepare photons in multi-dimensional vector states of orbital angular momentum. We show realizable light distributions that yield prescribed states with finite or infinite normal modes. In particular, we show that suitable light vortex-pancakes allow the add-drop of specific vector projections. We suggest that such photons might allow the generation of it engineered quNits in multi-dimensional quantum information systems.

Keywords

MULTIDIMENSIONAL VECTOR
MULTI DIMENSIONAL
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
PREPARE PHOTONS
SHOW REALIZABLE
VECTOR STATES
MOMENTUM
LIGHT

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Version 1, 2001-11-21, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 88 (1), 013601.

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