Abstract

Detection of polarization-spatial classical optical entanglement through implementation of partial transpose on measured intensities is explored. A sufficient criterion for polarization-spatial entanglement in partially coherent light fields based on intensities measured at various orientations of the polarizer, as implied through partial transpose, is outlined. Detection of polarization-spatial entanglement using the outlined method is demonstrated experimentally through a Mach–Zehnder interferometer setup.

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