Direct measurement of the quantum density matrix in the basis of azimuthal angle

Mohammad Mirhosseini; Omar S. Magana-Loaiza; Seyed Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani; Changchen Chen; Ebrahim Karimi; Robert W. Boyd

Direct measurement of the quantum density matrix in the basis of azimuthal angle

Mohammad Mirhosseini, Omar S. Magana-Loaiza, Seyed Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani, Changchen Chen, Ebrahim Karimi, Robert W. Boyd

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Abstract

We theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate a method for directly measuring the density matrix of an unknown quantum system in the basis of azimuthal angle. We apply our method for characterizing 7-dimensional pure and mixed superpositions of orbital-angular-momentum modes.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Volume	2015-August
ISBN (Electronic)	9781557529688
State	Published - Aug 10 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015 - San Jose, United States Duration: May 10 2015 → May 15 2015

Other

Other	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	5/10/15 → 5/15/15

Keywords

Azimuthal angle
Density measurement
Extraterrestrial measurements
Optical polarization
Photonics
Physical optics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Direct measurement of the quantum density matrix in the basis of azimuthal angle. / Mirhosseini, Mohammad; Magana-Loaiza, Omar S.; Hashemi Rafsanjani, Seyed Mohammad; Chen, Changchen; Karimi, Ebrahim; Boyd, Robert W.

2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015. Vol. 2015-August Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7183272.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Mirhosseini, M, Magana-Loaiza, OS, Hashemi Rafsanjani, SM, Chen, C, Karimi, E & Boyd, RW 2015, Direct measurement of the quantum density matrix in the basis of azimuthal angle. in 2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015. vol. 2015-August, 7183272, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015, San Jose, United States, 5/10/15.

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