Complete Bell-state analysis for a single-photon hybrid entangled state
Yu‐Bo Sheng, Lan Zhou, Wei-Wen Cheng, Longyan Gong, Lei Wang, Sheng-Mei Zhao · Chinese Physics B · 2013
We propose a scheme capable of performing complete Bell-state analysis for a single-photon hybrid entangled state. Our single-photon state is encoded in both polarization and frequency degrees of freedom. The setup of the scheme is composed of polarizing beam splitters, half wave plates, frequency shifters, and independent wavelength division multiplexers, which are feasible using current technology. We also show that with this setup we can perform complete two-photon Bell-state analysis schemes for polarization degrees of freedom. Moreover, it can also be used to perform the teleportation scheme between different degrees of freedom. This setup may allow extensive applications in current quantum communications.