title: Experimental test of fidelity limits in six-photon interferometry and of rotational invariance properties of the photonic six-qubit entanglement singlet state.
abstract: Quantum multiphoton interferometry has now reached the six-photon stage. Thus far, the observed fidelities of entangled states never reached 2/3. We report a high fidelity (estimated at 88%) experiment in which six-qubit singlet correlations were observed. With such a high fidelity we are able to demonstrate the central property of these "singlet" correlations, their "rotational invariance," by performing a full set of measurements in three complementary polarization bases. The patterns are almost indistinguishable. The data reveal genuine six-photon entanglement. We also study several five-photon states, which result upon detection of one of the photons. Multiphoton singlet states survive some types of depolarization and are thus important in quantum communication schemes.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rådmark
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zukowski
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourennane