DocumentCode
520110
Title
Displacement controlled photon number resolving detector for coherent state discrimination
Author
Wittmann, Christoffer ; Andersen, Ulrik L. ; Takeoka, Masahiro ; Sych, Denis ; Leuchs, Gerd
Author_Institution
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The presented probabilistic scheme for discrimination of optical coherent states consists of an optimized displacement followed by postselection of a photon number resolving measurement. The scheme outperforms the homodyne receiver in theory and experiment.
Keywords
light coherence; photodetectors; photon counting; coherent state discrimination; displacement controlled photon number resolving detector; homodyne receiver; optical coherent states; optimized displacement; Detectors; Displacement control; Gain measurement; High definition video; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical receivers; Photonics; Physics; Signal resolution;
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
5499672
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