Direct measurement of the concurrence of hybrid entangled state based on parity check measurements*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11474168 and 11747161) and a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, China.

Zhang Man1, Zhou Lan2, Zhong Wei1, 3, Sheng Yu-Bo1, 3, †
       

Schematic diagram of the principle of the PCM. Two coherent states in spatial modes c and d pass through a 50:50 BS. The photons in the output modes c1 and d1 are detected by the photon detectors D1 and D2, respectively.