title: Generation of entangled states of qudits using twin photons.
abstract: We report an experiment to generate entangled states of D-dimensional quantum systems, qudits, by using transverse spatial correlations of two parametric down-converted photons. Apertures with D slits in the arms of the twin photons define the qudit space. By manipulating the pump beam correctly, the twin photons will pass only by symmetrically opposite slits, generating entangled states between these different paths. Experimental results for qudits with D = 4 and 8 are shown. We demonstrate that the generated states are entangled states.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 702, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30123-970, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Aguirre Gómez
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Monken
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saavedra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pádua