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Quantum key distribution session with 16-dimensional photonic states
The secure transfer of information is an important problem in modern
telecommunications. Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides a solution to this
problem by using individual quantum systems to generate correlated bits between
remote parties, that can be used to extract a secret key. QKD with
D-dimensional quantum channels provides security advantages that grow with
increasing D. However, the vast majority of QKD implementations has been
restricted to two dimensions. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of using
higher dimensions for real-world quantum cryptography by performing, for the
first time, a fully automated QKD session based on the BB84 protocol with
16-dimensional quantum states. Information is encoded in the single-photon
transverse momentum and the required states are dynamically generated with
programmable spatial light modulators. Our setup paves the way for future
developments in the field of experimental high-dimensional QKD.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
Multimode Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometry
We review some recent experiments based upon multimode two-photon
interference of photon pairs created by spontaneous parametric down-conversion.
The new element provided by these experiments is the inclusion of the
transverse spatial profiles of the pump, signal and idler fields. We discuss
multimode Hong-Ou-Mandel interference, and show that the transverse profile of
the pump beam can be manipulated in order to control two-photon interference.
We present the basic theory and experimental results as well as several
applications to the field of quantum information.Comment: 20 pages, 14 figures, Brief Review to be published in Modern Physics
Letters
Seleção assistida com uso de marcador molecular para resistência a potyvírus em pimentão.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a presença do alelo Pvr4, que confere resistência contra o PepYMV (Pepper yellow mosaic virus), em genótipos de pimentão comunmente encontrados no mercado brasileiro, com uso de um marcador molecular codominante tipo CAPS. A resistência ao PepYMV, nos genótipos CM?334?INRA, Myr?29 e em genótipos derivados do híbrido comercial Mônica?R, foi detectada como associada à banda de 444 pb, ligada ao alelo de resistência Pvr4. As plantas resistentes homozigotas (pvr4/pvr4) mostraram uma banda de 444 pb, as suscetíveis (Pvr4+/Pvr4+) uma banda de 458 pb e as resistentes heterozigotas (Pvr4+/Pvr4) mostraram as duas bandas. No entanto, no acesso resistente CM?334?UFV, nos híbridos Magali?R e Martha?R, assim como em populações derivadas desse acesso e desses híbridos, a resistência ao PepYMV não esteve associada ao marcador CAPS. O acesso CM?334?UFV ('Criollo de Morelos?334', de Viçosa, MG) distinguiu-se do CM?334?INRA ('Criollo de Morelos?334', da França); embora ambos os acessos tenham sido resistentes ao PepYMV, apenas em CM?334?INRA foi encontrada a associação da resistência com a banda de 444 pb
Spin Josephson effect in ferromagnet/ferromagnet tunnel junctions
We consider the tunnel spin current between two ferromagnetic metals from a
perspective similar to the one used in superconductor/superconductor tunnel
junctions. We use fundamental arguments to derive a Josephson-like spin tunnel
current . Here the phases are
associated with the planar contribution to the magnetization,
. The crucial step in our
analysis is the fact that the -component of the spin is canonically
conjugate to the phase of the planar contribution: . This is
analogous to the commutation relation in superconductors, where
is the phase associated to the superconducting order parameter and
is the Cooper pair number operator. We briefly discuss the experimental
consequences of our theoretical analysis.Comment: LaTex, seven pages, no figures; version to appear in Europhys. Lett.;
in order to make room for a more extended microscopic analysis, the
phenomenological discussion contained in v2 was remove
O estresse no manejo pré-abate e na qualidade da carne suína.
O estresse no manejo pré-abate e na qualidade da carne suína; Caracterização do estresse; Avaliação da resposta fisiológica dio estresse; Formas de avaliações; Determinação do cortisol; Determinação de lactato; Mecanismos através dos quais podem afetar a qualidade da carne; Influência da genética na qualidade da carne; Gene rendimento napole (RN); gene Halotano; Situações de estresse no manejo pré-abate.bitstream/item/58222/1/publicacao-i7n63h7v1.pd
Optical Bell-state analysis in the coincidence basis
Many quantum information protocols require a Bell-state measurement of
entangled systems. Most optical Bell-state measurements utilize two-photon
interference at a beam splitter. By creating polarization-entangled photons
with spontaneous parametric down-conversion using a first-order
Hermite-Gaussian pump beam, we invert the usual interference behavior and
perform an incomplete Bell-state measurement in the coincidence basis. We
discuss the possibility of a complete Bell-state measurement in the coincidence
basis using hyperentangled states [Phys. Rev. A, \textbf{58}, R2623 (1998)].Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Interference and complementarity for two-photon hybrid entangled states
In this work we generate two-photon hybrid entangled states (HES), where the
polarization of one photon is entangled with the transverse spatial degree of
freedom of the second photon. The photon pair is created by parametric
down-conversion in a polarization-entangled state. A birefringent double-slit
couples the polarization and spatial degrees of freedom of these photons and
finally, suitable spatial and polarization projections generate the HES. We
investigate some interesting aspects of the two-photon hybrid interference, and
present this study in the context of the complementarity relation that exists
between the visibilities of the one- and two-photon interference patterns.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures. Accepted in Physical Review
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