On the Reconstruction of Diagonal Elements of Density Matrix of Quantum Optical States by on/off Detectors

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Giorgio Brida1, Marco Genovese1, Marco Gramegna1, Matteo G. A. Paris2, E. Predazzi3,4, E. Cagliero5
1INRIM, Torino, Italy
2Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
3Dip. Fisica Teorica Univ. Torino, Torino, Italy
4INFN, Torino, Italy
5CNISM, sezione Univ. Torino, Torino, Italy

Tóm tắt

We discuss a scheme for reconstructing experimentally the diagonal elements of a density matrix representing quantum optical state. Applications to PDC heralded photons, multi-thermal and attenuated coherent states are illustrated and discussed in more detail.

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