Title :
On/off Detection Method for Reconstructing the Statistics of Quantum Optical States: An Overview
Author :
Brida, G. ; Genovese, M. ; Gramegna, M. ; Piacentini, F. ; Olivares, S. ; Paris, M.G.A.
Author_Institution :
I.N.RI.M., Torino
Abstract :
We give a brief overview of the demonstration of a photon statistics reconstruction method based on Maximum Likelihood estimation and on/off detection. This method has been successfully applied to a large number of cases and, recently, extended to a scheme for a full reconstruction of the density matrix. Experimental results concerning the heralded single-photon state and the seeded parametric down-conversion are presented in some details.
Keywords :
maximum likelihood estimation; photons; quantum optics; Maximum likelihood estimation; density matrix; on/off detection method; photon statistics reconstruction method; quantum optical states; single-photon state; Frequency; Intersymbol interference; Maximum likelihood detection; Maximum likelihood estimation; Nonlinear optics; Parametric statistics; Probability; Quantum mechanics; Reconstruction algorithms; Tomography; density matrix; statistic recontruction;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, 2009. ICQNM '09. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3349-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3524-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICQNM.2009.22
