Direct generation of multi-photon hyperentanglement

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Main Authors: Zhao, Peng, Ying, Jia-Wei, Yang, Meng-Ying, Zhong, Wei, Du, Ming-Ming, Shen, Shu-Ting, Li, Yun-Xi, Zhang, An-Lei, Zhou, Lan, Sheng, Yu-Bo
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author Zhao, Peng
Ying, Jia-Wei
Yang, Meng-Ying
Zhong, Wei
Du, Ming-Ming
Shen, Shu-Ting
Li, Yun-Xi
Zhang, An-Lei
Zhou, Lan
Sheng, Yu-Bo
author_facet Zhao, Peng
Ying, Jia-Wei
Yang, Meng-Ying
Zhong, Wei
Du, Ming-Ming
Shen, Shu-Ting
Li, Yun-Xi
Zhang, An-Lei
Zhou, Lan
Sheng, Yu-Bo
contents Multi-photon hyperentangement is of fundamental importance in optical quantum information processing. Existing theory and experiment producing multi-photon hyperentangled states have until now relied on the outcome post-selection, a procedure where only the measurement results corresponding to the desired state are considered. Such approach severely limits the usefulness of the resulting hyperentangled states. We present the protocols of direct production of three- and four-photon hyperentanglement and extend the approach to an arbitrary number of photons through a straightforward cascade of spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) sources. The generated multi-photon hyperentangled states are encoded in polarization-spatial modes and polarization-time bin degrees of freedom, respectively. Numerical calculation shows that if the average photon number $μ$ is set to 1, the down conversion efficiency is $7.6*10^{-6}$ and the repetition frequency of the laser is $10^9$ Hz, the number of the generation of three-photon and four-photon hyperentanglement after cascading can reach about $5.78*10^{-2}$ and $4.44*10^{-7}$ pairs per second, respectively. By eliminating the constraints of outcome post-selection, our protocols may represent important progresses for multi-photon hyperentangement generation and providing a pivotal role in future multi-party and high-capacity communication networks.
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spellingShingle Direct generation of multi-photon hyperentanglement
Zhao, Peng
Ying, Jia-Wei
Yang, Meng-Ying
Zhong, Wei
Du, Ming-Ming
Shen, Shu-Ting
Li, Yun-Xi
Zhang, An-Lei
Zhou, Lan
Sheng, Yu-Bo
Quantum Physics
Multi-photon hyperentangement is of fundamental importance in optical quantum information processing. Existing theory and experiment producing multi-photon hyperentangled states have until now relied on the outcome post-selection, a procedure where only the measurement results corresponding to the desired state are considered. Such approach severely limits the usefulness of the resulting hyperentangled states. We present the protocols of direct production of three- and four-photon hyperentanglement and extend the approach to an arbitrary number of photons through a straightforward cascade of spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) sources. The generated multi-photon hyperentangled states are encoded in polarization-spatial modes and polarization-time bin degrees of freedom, respectively. Numerical calculation shows that if the average photon number $μ$ is set to 1, the down conversion efficiency is $7.6*10^{-6}$ and the repetition frequency of the laser is $10^9$ Hz, the number of the generation of three-photon and four-photon hyperentanglement after cascading can reach about $5.78*10^{-2}$ and $4.44*10^{-7}$ pairs per second, respectively. By eliminating the constraints of outcome post-selection, our protocols may represent important progresses for multi-photon hyperentangement generation and providing a pivotal role in future multi-party and high-capacity communication networks.
title Direct generation of multi-photon hyperentanglement
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08790