NOTICE: Due to a lapse in annual appropriations, most of this website is not being updated. Learn more.
Form submissions will still be accepted but will not receive responses at this time. Sections of this site for programs using non-appropriated funds (such as NVLAP) or those that are excepted from the shutdown (such as CHIPS and NVD) will continue to be updated.
An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Entangling Light in its Spatial Degrees of Freedom with 4-Wave Mixing in an Atomic Vapor
Published
Author(s)
Vincent Boyer, Alberto M. Marino, Raphael C. Pooser, Paul D. Lett
Abstract
The entanglement properties of two beams of light can reside in subtle correlations that exist in the unavoidable quantum fluctuations of the amplitudes and the phases of the electric fields. Recent advances in the generation of nonclassical light with 4-wave mixing in an atomic vapor have permitted the production and the observation of entanglement which is localized in almost arbitrary transverse regions of a pair of beams. These multi-spatial-mode entangled beams may prove useful for an array of applications ranging from noise-free imaging and improved position sensing to quantum information processing.
Boyer, V.
, Marino, A.
, Pooser, R.
and Lett, P.
(2009),
Entangling Light in its Spatial Degrees of Freedom with 4-Wave Mixing in an Atomic Vapor, Chemphyschem, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=900951
(Accessed October 2, 2025)