Exploiting path-polarization hyperentangled photons for multiqubit quantum information protocols

In this thesis we describe and exploit a photonic source of hyperentangled states which allows the creation of a four qubit entangled state using path and polarization of two photons; this will be the main resource for a series of experiments that are linked to the main goal of exploring the advantages that quantum correlations brings in the aforementioned tasks. In particular we will focus onto showing that the same correlations which define the \emph{quantumness} of a state can be interpreted in two very different ways: either as something that introduces \emph{non-locality} between qubits, or something which reduces the \emph{information entropy} between qubits. Both interpretations allow the definition and observation of quantum advantage but, as we will show, the two views are not completely equivalent. Our goal will be showing that quantum correlations can be seen as \emph{currency} that can be spent to perform tasks more efficiently than in the classical case.