Title :
Mode reconstruction by multi-photon statistics
Author :
Goldschmidt, Elizabeth A. ; Polyakov, Sergey V. ; Migdall, A. ; Peters, Steven ; Kuck, Stefan ; Piacentini, Fabrizio ; Berchera, Ivano Ruo ; Brida, Giorgio ; Degiovanni, I.P. ; Genovese, Marco
Author_Institution :
Joint Quantum Inst., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
Knowing the mode structure of light aids in minimizing loss and decoherence of quantum information. We present and experimentally implement reconstruction of the mode distributions of classical and non-classical light using measured photon number distributions.
Keywords :
light coherence; multiphoton processes; optical losses; quantum optics; light mode structure; loss minimization; mode distribution reconstruction; multiphoton statistics; nonclassical light; photon number distributions; quantum information decoherence; Bars; Frequency measurement; Image reconstruction; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
