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Published May 2015 | Version Published
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Direct measurement of the quantum density matrix in the basis of azimuthal angle

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  • 1. ROR icon University of Rochester
  • 2. ROR icon University of Ottawa

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.

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© 2015 Optical Society of America.

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