DocumentCode
2883958
Title
Loss-tolerant characterization of nonclassical photonic states
Author
Achilles, Daryl ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Walmsley, Ian A.
Author_Institution
Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We experimentally investigate a method of directly characterizing the photon number distribution of nonclassical light that is tolerant to losses; makes use of standard binary detectors; and only requires a single set of measurements.
Keywords
photodetectors; quantum optics; binary detectors; loss-tolerant characterization; nonclassical photonic states; photon number distribution; Calibration; Detectors; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Parametric statistics; Photonics Society; Single photon emission computed tomography; Statistical distributions; (040.5570) Quantum detectors; (270.5290) Photon statistics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629001
Filename
4629001
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