基于自发参量下转换源二阶激发过程产生四光子超纠缠态

目前,多光子纠缠态的制备大多通过线性光学器件演化自发参量下转换一阶激发过程产生的纠缠光子对得到.本文考虑由自发参量下转换源二阶激发产生四个不可区分的纠缠光子制备四光子超纠缠态的情况.通过几组分束器、半波片和偏振分束器等线性光学器件设计量子线路演化四光子系统,结合四模符合探测,可得到同时具有偏振纠缠和空间纠缠的四光子超纠缠态.     

脉冲激光作用下的量子定位实验方案的设计及分析

基于量子相干和量子空间定位的原理,设计了量子空间定位的实验方案.讨论了在脉冲激光作用下,由第二类自发参量下转换所产生的纠缠光子对的光谱特征、对应的相干函数特点以及对量子定位的影响.结果表明,随着激光脉冲宽度的增加,纠缠光子对的相干性减小,量子定位的测量准确度降低.     

脉冲激光作用下的量子定位实验方案的设计及分析

基于量子相干和量子空间定位的原理,设计了量子空间定位的实验方案.讨论了在脉冲激光作用下,由第二类自发参量下转换所产生的纠缠光子对的光谱特征、对应的相干函数特点以及对量子定位的影响.结果表明,随着激光脉冲宽度的增加,纠缠光子对的相干性减小,量子定位的测量准确度降低.     

单光子纠缠态的纠缠转移和量子隐形传态

使用光学分束器和单光子源，利用单光子态和真空态制备出了纠缠单光子态.利用光学分束器作用和单光子探测，实现了三个通讯伙伴之间的纠缠转移.提出了一个关于纠缠单光子态的量子隐形传态方案.在这个方案中，被传送的是一个未知的单光子纠缠态.通讯双方使用的量子信道是两个单光子纠缠态.通过使用分束器作用和对输出态进行光子测量以及在经典信息的帮助下，纠缠转移和量子隐形传态的过程被完成.     

光量子纠缠态的制备和测量实验

以量子纠缠源为实验对象,以光量子纠缠态的制备、传输和纠缠性质的测量为内容设计实验,有利于学生学习量子通讯的基本原理及偏振纠缠、自发参量下转换产生双光子态量子理论.     

基于部分纠缠光子源的高效量子密钥分配方案

设计了一种高效的部分纠缠光子对产生装置,这套装置中使用了简单的线性光学元件以及双光子吸收介质(TPAM),在文中讨论了TPAM的一种实现方案.我们把此种装置应用于量子密钥分配方案,分析了其效率和安全性,相比于用自发参量下转换(SPDC)产生纠缠光子对的密钥分配方案,该方案有更高的效率和安全性.     

单光子纠缠态并发度的直接测量

通过分析光学分束器对单光子态的作用关系,提出了一个利用分束器和光子数探测器的单光子纠缠的直接测量方案.方案中用到单光子与空间模纠缠及其两个备份,并让它们通过一个50:50的分束器.选用并发度为纠缠度量,其可由单光子探测器的探测概率直接获得.此方案不需复杂的量子态层析方法,同时只用到在量子信息处理中常用的光学器件,增强了方案在实验上实现的可行性.     

纠缠相干态的纠缠浓缩

利用线性光学元器件对光场量子态进行操纵,可以实现远程的量子纠缠调控和量子通讯.通过分析光学分束器对相干态光场的作用,发现当初始光场态是两个两部分纠缠态的直乘时,让其中的两模通过光学分束器作用后再对其进行光子计数,另外两模将会塌缩到新的纠缠态.基于这个特点,提出了一个实现部分纠缠相干态纠缠浓缩的方案.在这个方案中,两个部分纠缠相干态被用来作为量子信道,通过光学分束器作用后对光场进行光子数探测时,如果测量到光场的两模分别处于奇光子数态和零光子数态,则光场另外的两模将塌缩到最大纠缠态,从而完成纠缠浓缩的过程.计算结果表明,对于纠缠相干态,无论其初始的纠缠是多么微弱,利用这种方法总有一定的几率可以从中提纯出最大纠缠态.     

相干反馈增强型量子混合干涉仪

本文在理论上提出了一种由非线性分束器和线性合束器构成的量子混合干涉仪，其中非线性分束器是由非线性参量过程结合量子压缩源的线性相干反馈构成，用于提高量子混合干涉仪相位灵敏度。具体而言，光学参量放大输出的光束与量子压缩源线性反馈至输入端，获得一对纠缠度可控的双模压缩光束，结合线性合束器，构建反馈型量子混合干涉仪。结果表明，相比于无反馈量子混合干涉仪，本方案通过调节反馈强度至合适区间，可以在增加相敏光子数实现干涉信号强度提高的同时，增强两干涉臂之间纠缠度进而减小干涉噪声。此外，将压缩真空态作为反馈环结构的输入态，能够进一步降低探测信号的噪声。因此，本方案从以上三个方面有效地提升混合干涉仪的测量灵敏度，甚至在有损的情况下，相比于无反馈情形，该反馈型量子混合干涉仪仍具有更好的相位灵敏度，表现出更好的抗损能力，有望应用在量子精密测量领域。     

量子纠缠实验中SPDC光谱分布的计算分析与实验研究

理论分析了量子纠缠教学实验中用于纠缠光子对产生的Ⅱ类自发参量下转换(SPDC)光场的光谱分布特征,通过数值模拟给出403nm连续激光光源通过BBO晶体产生的Ⅱ类SPDC光场信号光分布曲线.据此设计了SPDC过程产生的806nm光子分布测量实验,实验结果与模拟结果一致.     

Generation of hyperentangled photon pairs

We experimentally demonstrate the first quantum system entangled in every degree of freedom (hyperentangled). Using pairs of photons produced in spontaneous parametric down-conversion, we verify entanglement by observing a Bell-type inequality violation in each degree of freedom: polarization, spatial mode, and time energy. We also produce and characterize maximally hyperentangled states and novel states simultaneously exhibiting both quantum and classical correlations. Finally, we report the tomography of a 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 system (36-dimensional Hilbert space), which we believe is the first reported photonic entangled system of this size to be so characterized.     

Hyperconcentration Based on Projection Measurements

We propose an efficient hyperconcentration protocol for distilling maximally hyperentangled state from partially entangled pure state, resorting to the projection measurement on an auxiliary photon. In our scheme, two photons simultaneously entangled in polarization states and spatial modes are considered. One party performs quantum nondemolition detections on his photon and an additional photon to produce three photon hyperentangled state, then he projects the assistant photon into an orthogonal basis composed of both the polarization and spatial degree of freedom. Then the state of the left two photons collapses into maximally hyperentangled state with a certain probability. In the rest cases, some less-entangled states are obtained, which can be used as resource for the next round concentration. By repeating the concentration process for several rounds, a higher success probability can be obtained, which makes our scheme useful in practical quantum information applications.     

六光子量子纠缠态的制备

我们提出了一个完全基于量子擦除概念上的六光子纠缠态的制备方案。首先，提出了利用一组四纠缠光子来制备六光子纠缠态的方案。接着，运用同样的技术，通过五粒子纠缠和Bell态的相互作用来制备六光子纠缠态。我们的实验方案可以应用于以测量为基础的量子计算和多体量子通信领域的研究。我们发现该方案成功的概率取决于纠缠态的系数。     

Resolution of ghost imaging with entangled photons for different types of momentum correlation

We present an analytical analysis of the spatial resolution of quantum ghost imaging implemented by entangled photons from a general, spontaneously parametric, down-conversion process. We find that the resolution is affected by both the pump beam waist and the nonlinear crystal length. Hence, we determined a method to improve the resolution for a certain imaging setup. It should be noted that the resolution is not uniquely related to the degree of entanglement of the photon pair since the resolution can be optimized for a certain degree of entanglement. For certain types of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR) states——namely the momentum-correlated or momentum-positively correlated states——the resolution exhibits a simpler relationship with the pump beam waist and crystal length. Further, a vivid numerical simulation of ghost imaging is presented for different types of EPR states,which supports our analysis. This work discusses applicable references to the applications of quantum ghost imaging.     

Deterministic nondestructive state analysis for polarization-spatial-time-bin hyperentanglement with cross-Kerr nonlinearity

We present a deterministic nondestructive hyperentangled Bell state analysis protocol for photons entangled in three degrees of freedom(DOFs),including polarization,spatial-mode,and time-bin DOFs.The polarization Bell state analyzer and spatial-mode Bell state analyzer are constructed by polarization parity-check quantum nondemolition detector(P-QND)and spatial-mode parity-check quantum nondemolition detector(S-QND)using cross-Kerr nonlinearity,respectively.The time-bin Bell state analyzer is constructed by the swap gate for polarization state and time-bin state of a photon(P-T swap gate)and P-QND.The Bell states analyzer for one DOF will not destruct the Bell states of other two DOFs,so the polarization-spatial-time-bin hyperentangled Bell states can be determinately distinguished without destruction.This deterministic nondestructive state analysis method has useful applications in quantum information protocols.     

Synthesis and analysis of entangled photonic qubits in spatial-parity space

We present the novel embodiment of a photonic qubit that makes use of one continuous spatial degree of freedom of a single photon and relies on the parity of the photon's transverse spatial distribution. Using optical spontaneous parametric down-conversion to produce photon pairs, we demonstrate the controlled generation of entangled-photon states in this new space. Specifically, two Bell states, and a continuum of their superpositions, are generated by simple manipulation of a classical parameter, the optical-pump spatial parity, and not by manipulation of the entangled photons themselves. An interferometric device, isomorphic in action to a polarizing beam splitter, projects the spatial-parity states onto an even-odd basis. This new physical realization of photonic qubits could be used as a foundation for future experiments in quantum information processing.     

Theory for quantum state of photon pairs generated from spontaneous parametric down-conversion nonlinear process

A theory is presented for the quantum state of photon pairs generated from spontaneous parametric down-conversion nonlinear process. In this theory, the influence of the final sizes of nonlinear optical crystals on optical eigenmodes is explicitly taken into consideration. It was found that these photon pairs are not in entangled quantum states. Polarization correlations between the signal beam and the idler beam are explained. It is also shown that the two photons generated from SPDC are not spatially separated, therefore the polarization correlation between the signal and idler beams is not an evidence for quantum non-locality. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

基于弱非线性实现非破坏性测量两光子Bell态及三光子Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger态

基于弱非线性及线性光学元件提出非破坏性测量两光子Bell态及三光子 Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ)态方案. 方案中, 首先应用光束分束器及交叉克尔非线性介质对两光子Bell态进行对称性分析, 进而结合控制非门提出三光子分析方案实现对八个三光子GHZ态完全且非破坏性区分. 关键词： Bell态测量 Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger态测量 弱非线性 量子非破坏性测量     

Violation of Bell's inequality with photons from independent sources

We report a violation of Bell's inequality using one photon from a parametric down-conversion source and a second photon from an attenuated laser beam. The two photons were entangled at a beam splitter using the postselection technique of Shih and Alley [Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2921 (1988)]]. A quantum interference pattern with a visibility of 91% was obtained using the photons from these independent sources, as compared with a visibility of 99.4% using two photons from a central parametric down-conversion source.