Polarization Bell state analysis using orbital angular momentum entanglement in linear optics
摘要
Bell state analysis (BSA) is an essential operation for distinguishing Bell states in numerous quantum information processing (QIP) protocols. Here, we propose a linear optical scheme to distinguish four polarization Bell states by exploiting orbital angular momentum (OAM) degree of freedom (DOF) as a self-assisted resource. The linear-optics-based architecture circumvents the inherent limitations of nonlinear optical interactions, and the self-assisted entanglement eliminates the requirement for auxiliary photons—a major challenge in practical QIP implementations. This deterministic BSA scheme offers a promising route toward practical and high-performance QIP tasks in photonic systems.