Single-Image Entanglement Verification with Spatially Encoded Measurement Contexts

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15382v1
• Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:25:03 GMT
• Title: Single-Image Entanglement Verification with Spatially Encoded Measurement Contexts
• Abstract summary: Entangled photon pairs produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion exhibit rich spatial entanglement structure.<n>We show that spin-orbit optical elements can convert this spatial structure into directly observable quantum interference patterns.<n>We introduce a liquid-crystal metasurface that performs spatially multiplexed Bell measurements across the transverse profile of the photon field.
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• Abstract: Entangled photon pairs produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion exhibit rich spatial entanglement structure that is often difficult to probe with conventional measurements. Here, we show that spin-orbit optical elements can convert this spatial structure into directly observable quantum interference patterns. Using a $q$-plate, we demonstrate that the relative wavefront curvature of biphoton states generated by a pair of nonlinear crystals can be retrieved from the spatial modulation of coincidence images. Building on this principle, we introduce a liquid-crystal metasurface that performs spatially multiplexed Bell measurements across the transverse profile of the photon field. The device, which we call a Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) plate, assigns different polarization projections to different azimuthal sectors of the beam, allowing the sixteen joint measurements required for a CHSH test to be realized simultaneously in a single acquisition. In this architecture, the spatial coordinate acts as a classical register selecting the measurement context, while photon pairs sample these contexts according to their emission directions. We further demonstrate that the same measurement concept can be implemented using a programmable spatial light modulator, providing a dynamically reconfigurable realization of the scheme. Our results show that spatially structured optical elements can transform Bell tests into parallel measurements distributed across the transverse plane, enabling rapid characterization of spatially varying entanglement. This approach opens new possibilities for structured-light quantum measurements, Bell-inequality-based imaging, and the study of spatially engineered entangled photon sources.

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