Rome teleportation experiment analysed in the Wigner representation: the role of the zeropoint fluctuations in complete one-photon polarization-momentum Bell-state analysis

ABSTRACT

The Wigner representation of parametric down conversion in the Heisenberg picture is applied to the study of the Rome teleportation experiment. We investigate the physical meaning of the zeropoint inputs at the different areas of the experimental set-up. In particular, we establish a quantitative relationship between the zeropoint sets of modes that are needed for the preparation of the quantum state to be teleported, the idle channels inside the one-photon polarization-momentum Bell-state analyser, and the possibility of performing teleportation of a polarization state with certainty.

KEYWORDS:

• Wigner representation
• zeropoint field
• parametric down conversion
• entanglement
• Bell-state measurement
• teleportation

PACS:

• 42.50.-p
• 03.67.-a
• 03.65.Sq
• 03.67.Dd

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Prof. E. Santos for revising the manuscript, and for helpful suggestions and comments on the work. We are grateful for the insights gained in conversations with R. Risco-Delgado.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.