Properties of the spatial Wigner function of entangled photon pairs

Noelia Gonzalez*, Gabriel Molina-Terriza, Juan P. Torres

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Abstract

In this paper we analyze some important characteristics of the spatial Wigner function of entangled photon pairs. We show that the Wigner description of quantum states that live in the infinite-dimensional space-momentum degree of freedom proves to be particularly useful. We propose an experimental configuration that can be used to retrieve the Wigner function of paired photons entangled in the spatial degree of freedom. In particular, it allows the full characterization of the paired photons emitted from a spontaneous parametric down-conversion source.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043804
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume80
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Oct 2009
Externally publishedYes

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