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Quantum Interference and Entanglement Induced by Multiple Scattering of Light

Source: Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 090501 (2010); doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.090501

Published 25 August 2010

PACS
  • 03.67.-a
    Quantum information
  • 42.25.Dd
    Wave propagation in random media (wave optics)
  • 42.50.Lc
    Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps (quantum optics)
  • 78.67.-n
    Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures
  • YEAR: 2010
PUBLICATION DATA
ISSN:
1553-9644 (online)
Publisher:
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J. R. Ott, N. A. Mortensen, and P. Lodahl
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
We report on the effects of quantum interference induced by the transmission of an arbitrary number of optical quantum states through a multiple-scattering medium. We identify the role of quantum interference on the photon correlations and the degree of continuous variable entanglement between two output modes. It is shown that quantum interference survives averaging over all ensembles of disorder and manifests itself as increased photon correlations due to photon antibunching. Furthermore, the existence of continuous variable entanglement correlations in a volume speckle pattern is predicted. Our results suggest that multiple scattering provides a promising way of coherently interfering many independent quantum states of light of potential use in quantum information processing.
History: Received 1 June 2010; revised 13 July 2010; published 25 August 2010
Permalink: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v105/e090501
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