Experimental quantum tomography of a homodyne detector

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Main Authors: Grandi, Samuele, Zavatta, Alessandro, Bellini, Marco, Paris, Matteo G. A.
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Published: 2015
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author Grandi, Samuele
Zavatta, Alessandro
Bellini, Marco
Paris, Matteo G. A.
author_facet Grandi, Samuele
Zavatta, Alessandro
Bellini, Marco
Paris, Matteo G. A.
contents We suggest and demonstrate a tomographic method to fully characterize homodyne detectors at the quantum level. The operator measure associated with the detector is expanded in the quadrature basis and probed with a set of coherent states. The coefficients of the expansion are retrieved using a least squares algorithm. We then validate the reconstructed operator measure on nonclassical states. Finally, we exploit results to estimate the overall quantum efficiency of the detector.
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spellingShingle Experimental quantum tomography of a homodyne detector
Grandi, Samuele
Zavatta, Alessandro
Bellini, Marco
Paris, Matteo G. A.
Quantum Physics
We suggest and demonstrate a tomographic method to fully characterize homodyne detectors at the quantum level. The operator measure associated with the detector is expanded in the quadrature basis and probed with a set of coherent states. The coefficients of the expansion are retrieved using a least squares algorithm. We then validate the reconstructed operator measure on nonclassical states. Finally, we exploit results to estimate the overall quantum efficiency of the detector.
title Experimental quantum tomography of a homodyne detector
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.03297