Linear optics and quantum maps

Details Linear optics and quantum maps Linear optics and quantum maps

2006-11-16

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611179v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

13 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.76.032323

We present a theoretical analysis of the connection between classical polarization optics and quantum mechanics of two-level systems. First, we review the matrix formalism of classical polarization optics from a quantum information perspective. In this manner the passage from the Stokes-Jones-Mueller description of classical optical processes to the representation of one- and two-qubit quantum operations, becomes straightforward. Second, as a practical application of our classical-\emph{vs}-quantum formalism, we show how two-qubit maximally entangled mixed states (MEMS), can be generated by using polarization and spatial modes of photons generated via spontaneous parametric down conversion.

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