Title :
State tomography in the presence of inaccessible information
Author :
Adamson, R. B A ; Shalm, Lynden K. ; Steinberg, A.M. ; Mitchell, M.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Polarization state tomography has been done on a system of two photons that could not be individually addressed experimentally. We show how polarization correlation measurements can reveal indirect information about experimentally inaccessible degrees of freedom.
Keywords :
quantum optics; quantum theory; two-photon processes; polarization correlation measurement; polarization state tomography; two photon system; Density measurement; Electrodynamics; Hilbert space; Optical polarization; Performance evaluation; Photonics Society; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Single photon emission computed tomography; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548855
