Quantum erasure based on orbital angular momentum of photons

Ye Yang; Chengyuan Wang; Yun Chen; Jianyi Xu; Xin Yang; Jinwen Wang; Enqi Zhang; Shuwei Qiu; Hong Gao; Fuli Li

doi:10.3788/COL202523.032701

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 3, 032701(2025)

Quantum erasure based on orbital angular momentum of photons

Ye Yang¹, Chengyuan Wang¹, Yun Chen², Jianyi Xu¹, Xin Yang^1、**, Jinwen Wang¹, Enqi Zhang¹, Shuwei Qiu¹, Hong Gao^1、*, and Fuli Li¹

Author Affiliations

¹MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

²Department of Physics, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China

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Paper Information

Category: Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Received: Aug. 16, 2024

Accepted: Sep. 12, 2024

Published Online: Mar. 20, 2025

The Author Email: Xin Yang (xinyang@xjtu.edu.cn), Hong Gao (honggao@xjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.032701

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.032701

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