Title :
Loss-tolerant characterization of nonclassical photonic states
Author :
Achilles, Daryl ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Walmsley, Ian A.
Author_Institution :
Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629001
