V. S. Lamego | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Simulation of depolarizing channel exploring maximally non separable spin-orbit mode

The Depolarizing channel is one of the most important noise models and constitutes a reliable benchmark for the quantum information field. In this work, we present a simple way to emulate a Depolarizing channel by exploring a maximally non separable spin-orbit mode in a compact linear optical circuit. The evolution of different states has been successfully reproduced. Our results are in excellent agreement compared with the results obtained by the spin-orbit Solovay-Kitaev decomposition for the Depolarizing channel, also presented here for the first time. Our proposal can be a powerful tool for studies of depolarizing effect.

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arXiv2023

Experimental investigation of discord in spin-orbit X-states

We perform an experimental investigation of Quantum Discord with Spin-Orbit X-states. These states are prepared through the incoherent superposition of different laser beans, where a two-level system is encoded in polarization and the first-order Hermitian-Gaussian modes, as proposed in Phys. Rev. A 103,0022411 (2022). We characterize different classes of spin-orbit X-states by performing an all-optical tomography for polarization and first-order transverse mode degrees of freedom. We also perform a study on the dependence of Discord with respect to the Fidelity of spin-orbit modes, revealing that Discord is very sensitive to incoherent noise. Our experimental results align with the theoretical predictions of Quantum Discord when accounting for the effect of fidelity. These results reinforce the spin-orbit modes as an important platform for quantum information processing. On the other hand, the need of astigmatic optical elements to implement unitary operations required by quantum information protocols implies in a loss of fidelity and quantum correlations. Alternative methods to manipulate spin-orbit modes are welcome.

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