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Yeşilyurt C., Buğu S., Özaydın F., Altıntaş A. A., Tame M., Yang L., ...More
OPTICA, vol.33, pp.2313-2319, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
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Publication Type:
Article / Article
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Volume:
33
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Publication Date:
2016
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Journal Name:
OPTICA
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Journal Indexes:
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
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Page Numbers:
pp.2313-2319
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Istanbul University Affiliated:
Yes
Abstract
In large quantum systems, multipartite entanglement can be found in many inequivalent classes. Preparing states of arbitrary size in different classes is important for performing a wide range of quantum protocols. W" role="presentation" >𝑊 states, in particular, constitute a class with a variety of quantum networking protocols. However, all known schemes for preparing polarization encoded photonic W" role="presentation" >𝑊 states are probabilistic, with resource requirements increasing at least sub-exponentially. We propose a deterministic scheme for preparing W" role="presentation" >𝑊 states of size of any power of 2, which requires no prior entanglement and can be performed locally. We introduce an all-optical setup that can efficiently double the size of W" role="presentation" >𝑊 states of arbitrary size. Our scheme advances the use of W" role="presentation" >𝑊 states in real-world quantum networks and could be extended to other physical systems.