55 research outputs found
Ghost imaging with engineered quantum states by Hong-Ou-Mandel interference
Traditional ghost imaging experiments exploit position correlations between
correlated states of light. These correlations occur directly in spontaneous
parametric down-conversion (SPDC), and in such a scenario, the two-photon state
used for ghost imaging is symmetric. Here we perform ghost imaging using an
anti-symmetric state, engineering the two-photon state symmetry by means of
Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. We use both symmetric and anti-symmetric states
and show that the ghost imaging setup configuration results in object-image
rotations depending on the state selected. Further, the object and imaging arms
employ spatial light modulators for the all-digital control of the projections,
being able to dynamically change the measuring technique and the spatial
properties of the states under study. Finally, we provide a detailed theory
that explains the reported observations.Comment: Published version. 19 pages, 5 figure
Near-perfect measuring of full-field transverse-spatial modes of light
Along with the growing interest in using the transverse-spatial modes of
light in quantum and classical optics applications, developing an accurate and
efficient measurement method has gained importance. Here, we present a
technique relying on a unitary mode conversion for measuring any full-field
transverse-spatial mode. Our method only requires three consecutive phase
modulations followed by a single mode fiber and is, in principle, error-free
and lossless. We experimentally test the technique using a single spatial light
modulator and achieve an average error of 4.2% for a set of 9 different
full-field Laguerre-Gauss and Hermite-Gauss modes with an efficiency of up to
70%. Moreover, as the method can also be used to measure any complex
superposition state, we demonstrate its potential in a quantum cryptography
protocol and in high-dimensional quantum state tomography.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Spatial structuring of light for undergraduate laboratory
In recent times, spatial light modulators have become a common tool in optics
laboratories as well as industrial environment to shape the spatial structure
of a beam. Although these devices are often easy to use, they usually come at a
high cost such that they are far from being implemented in a lot of
undergraduate laboratories. However, over the last years, the progress in
developing more cost-effective projectors has led to affordable spatial light
modulators in the form of so-called Digital Micromirror Devices (DMD). This
reduction in price, as well as their simple usage, make such devices
increasingly suitable for undergraduate laboratories to demonstrate optical
effects and the shaping of light fields. Here, we show one of the most
cost-effective ways to make a DMD available, namely turning a projector
evaluation module into a computer-controlled spatial light modulator. We
explain the underlying functioning and how this low-cost spatial light
modulator can be used in undergraduate laboratories. We further characterize
the efficiency of the device for the most commonly used laser wavelengths and
demonstrate various exemplary optics experiments suitable for undergraduate
laboratories ranging from single and multi-slit diffraction, to optical Fourier
transformations. Lastly, we show that using amplitude holography, the device
can be used to generate transverse spatial modes, e.g. Laguerre-Gaussian beam,
which are one of the most commonly used spatially structured beams.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figure
Violation of Bell's inequality for phase singular beams
We have considered optical beams with phase singularity and experimentally
verified that these beams, although being classical, have properties of two
mode entanglement in quantum states. We have observed the violation of Bell's
inequality for continuous variables using the Wigner distribution function
(WDF) proposed by Chowdhury et al. [Phys. Rev. A \textbf{88}, 013830 (2013)].
Our experiment establishes a new form of Bell's inequality in terms of the WDF
which can be used for classical as well as quantum systems.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures and 1 tabl
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