• DocumentCode
    1683958
  • Title

    Quantum state tomography using photon number counting to evaluate entanglement generated by spontaneous parametric downconversion

  • Author

    Yoshizawa, Akio ; Fukuda, Daiji ; Tsuchida, Hidemi

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analyze polarization-entangled photon pairs using detectors that can or cannot count photons to discuss accuracy of the fidelity estimated by quantum state tomography. The use of four photon-number-resolving detectors presents best accuracy.
  • Keywords
    optical frequency conversion; optical tomography; photon counting; quantum entanglement; entanglement generation; four photon-number-resolving detectors; photon number counting; polarization-entangled photon pairs; quantum state tomography; spontaneous parametric downconversion; Accuracy; Detectors; Flowcharts; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Quantum entanglement; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326814