• DocumentCode
    520106
  • Title

    Complete characterization of weak-homodyne photon-number-resolving detectors: Applications to non-classical photonic state reconstructions

  • Author

    Coldenstrodt-Ronge, H.B. ; Puentes, G. ; Cohen, O. ; Noriega, F. ; Yang, X. ; Lundeen, J.S. ; Smith, B.J. ; Walmsley, I.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel detector combining phase sensitivity and photon-number resolution is experimentally characterized by measuring its positive-operator-value measurement set. Direct application to tomographic reconstruction of heralded single-photon states is presented.
  • Keywords
    image reconstruction; optical tomography; photodetectors; photon counting; heralded single photon state; nonclassical photonic state reconstructions; phase sensitivity; photon number resolution; positive operator value measurement; tomographic reconstruction; weak homodyne photon number resolving detector; Detectors; Dynamic range; Laboratories; Local oscillators; Optical attenuators; Optical sensors; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Photonics; Single photon emission computed tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499668