{
  "id": "quant-ph/0611179",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2006-11-16T15:58:39.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-11-16T15:58:39.000Z",
  "title": "Linear optics and quantum maps",
  "authors": [
    "A. Aiello",
    "G. Puentes",
    "J. P. Woerdman"
  ],
  "comment": "13 pages, 8 figures",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.76.032323",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a theoretical analysis of the connection between classical polarization optics and quantum mechanics of two-level systems. First, we review the matrix formalism of classical polarization optics from a quantum information perspective. In this manner the passage from the Stokes-Jones-Mueller description of classical optical processes to the representation of one- and two-qubit quantum operations, becomes straightforward. Second, as a practical application of our classical-\\emph{vs}-quantum formalism, we show how two-qubit maximally entangled mixed states (MEMS), can be generated by using polarization and spatial modes of photons generated via spontaneous parametric down conversion.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2006-11-16T15:58:39.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "linear optics",
      "quantum maps",
      "classical polarization optics",
      "two-qubit quantum operations",
      "quantum mechanics"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. A"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 13,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}