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Nonlocal polarization interferometer for entanglement detection

Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Physical Review A
Publication Date
Volume
90
Issue
4

We report a nonlocal interferometer capable of detecting entanglement and identifying Bell states statistically. This is possible due to the interferometer's unique correlation dependence on the antidiagonal elements of the density matrix, which have distinct bounds for separable states and unique values for the four Bell states. The interferometer consists of two spatially separated balanced Mach-Zehnder or Sagnac interferometers that share a polarization-entangled source. Correlations between these interferometers exhibit nonlocal interference, while single-photon interference is suppressed. This interferometer also allows for a unique version of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt–Bell test where the local reality is the photon polarization. We present the relevant theory and experimental results.