Reconstruction of photon number conditioned states using phase randomized homodyne measurements

Autor: Chrzanowski, H. M., Assad, S. M., Bernu, Julien, Hage, Boris, Lund, A. P., Ralph, T. C., Lam, P. K., Symul, T.
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 46, no. 10 (2013): 104009
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/46/10/104009
Popis: We experimentally demonstrate the reconstruction of a photon number conditioned state without using a photon number discriminating detector. By using only phase randomized homodyne measurements, we reconstruct up to the three photon subtracted squeezed vacuum state. The reconstructed Wigner functions of these states show regions of pronounced negativity, signifying the non-classical nature of the reconstructed states. The techniques presented allow for complete characterization of the role of a conditional measurement on an ensemble of states, and might prove useful in systems where photon counting still proves technically challenging.
Databáze: arXiv