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Bounds and optimisation of orbital angular momentum bandwidths within parametric down-conversion systems

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The measurement of high-dimensional entangled states of orbital angular momentum prepared by spontaneous parametric down-conversion can be considered in two separate stages: a generation stage and a detection stage. Given a certain number of generated modes, the number of measured modes is determined by the measurement apparatus. We derive a simple relationship between the generation and detection parameters and the number of measured entangled modes.

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  1. SUPA and Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, G4 0NG, Glasgow, UK

    F. M. Miatto & S. M. Barnett

  2. School of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK

    D. Giovannini, J. Romero, S. Franke-Arnold & M. J. Padgett

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Miatto, F.M., Giovannini, D., Romero, J. et al. Bounds and optimisation of orbital angular momentum bandwidths within parametric down-conversion systems. Eur. Phys. J. D 66, 178 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-20736-x

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