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arxiv: quant-ph/0407184 · v2 · pith:SJQGJP4Anew · submitted 2004-07-23 · 🪐 quant-ph

Quantum polarization properties of two-mode energy eigenstates

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We show that any pure, two-mode, $N$-photon state with $N$ odd or equal to two can be transformed into an orthogonal state using only linear optics. According to a recently suggested definition of polarization degree, this implies that all such states are fully polarized. This is also found to be true for any pure, two-mode, energy eigenstate belonging to a two-dimensional SU(2) orbit. Complete two- and three-photon bases whose basis states are related by only phase shifts or geometrical rotations are also derived.

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