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Quantum Description of the Angular Coordinate and Angular Momentum

Authors :
Stephen M. Barnett
Filippo M. Miatto
D. G. Ireland
L. Allen
J. Romero
Eric Yao
B. Jack
Robert W. Boyd
Miles J. Padgett
Anand K. Jha
Johannes Courtial
Sonja Franke-Arnold
Jörg B. Götte
Jonathan Leach
Alison M. Yao
David T. Pegg
Source :
International Conference on Quantum Information.
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
OSA, 2011.

Abstract

We review the formulation of the operator for rotation angles and the corresponding uncertainty relation. The orbital angular momentum of light allows us to test these ideas and also to explore angular entanglement.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
Angular momentum
Classical mechanics
Total angular momentum quantum number
Quantum mechanics
Angular momentum of light
Angular momentum coupling
Orbital angular momentum multiplexing
Orbital angular momentum of light
Angular momentum operator
Azimuthal quantum number

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Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International Conference on Quantum Information
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........b5823bb3d65e679d5646b7e636ed9ed7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/icqi.2011.qtue1
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