• DocumentCode
    2883900
  • Title

    Quantum tomography of the triphoton polarisation state on the Poincaré sphere

  • Author

    Shalm, L.K. ; Adamson, R.B. ; Zhang, A. ; Steinberg, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present reconstructions of Wigner-like distributions for the polarisation state of three indistinguishable photons on the generalized Poincae sphere. We study a variety of states, including spin-squeezed and entangled states, and compare their phase sensitivity.
  • Keywords
    Poincare mapping; Wigner distribution; light polarisation; optical squeezing; optical tomography; quantum entanglement; Poincare sphere; Wigner-like distributions; entangled states; quantum tomography; spin squeezed state; three indistinguishable photons; triphoton polarisation state; Equations; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Tomography; (270.4180) Multiphoton processes; (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.2006.4628999
  • Filename
    4628999