Abstract
Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), one of the most important nonlinear processes, is of paramount interest especially in the field of quantum optics due to its intrinsic capability in generating entangled photon pairs in different degree of freedoms (DoFs). The spatial distribution of the paired photons generated through SPDC process are highly influenced by different crystal parameters including birefringence and length, and the spatial structure of the pump beam [1]. Recent studies have shown the transfer of pump properties such as phase profile and doughnut intensity distribution [2] into the transverse amplitude of heralded single photon. Here we report, first time to best of our knowledge, the direct transfer of the non-separable state in OAM and polarization DoFs of classical pump beam to generate two photons state with hybrid entanglement in both OAM and polarization. Using same scheme one can produce macroscopic entanglement with very high quanta of OAM
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