Nonclassical correlations of photonic qubits carrying orbital angular momentum through non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence

作者:Wei, Mei-Song; Wang, Jicheng; Zhang, Yixin; Hu, Zheng-Da*
来源:Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, 2018, 35(6): 873-879.
DOI:10.1364/JOSAA.35.000873

摘要

We consider the non-horizontal distributions of orbital angular momentum biphotons through free-space atmospheric channels, in which case the non-Kolmogorov turbulent effects shall be considered. By considering the case of initial non-perfect resource, i.e., the orbital angular momentum biphotons are initially prepared in an extended Werner-like state, we investigate the non-Kolmogorov effects on the propagations of nonclassical correlations, including quantum entanglement and quantum discord. It is found that universal decay laws of entanglement and discord also exist for non-Kolmogorov turbulence but with their decay curves different from that of entanglement for Kolmogorov turbulence reported by Leonhard et al. [Phys. Rev. A 91, 012345 (2015)]. We show that the universal decay laws are dependent on the power-law exponent of the non-Kolmogorov spectrum and compare the differences of decay properties between entanglement and discord caused by non-Kolmogorov turbulence.