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Spin-orbit hybrid entanglement of photons and quantum contextuality
We demonstrate electromagnetic quantum states of single photons and of correlated photon pairs exhibiting ``hybrid'' entanglement between spin and orbital angular momentum. These states are obtained from entangled photon pairs emitted by spontaneous parametric down conversion by employing a $q$ plate for coupling the spin and orbital degrees of freedom …