Local Sampling of the Wigner Function at Telecom Wavelength with Loss-Tolerant Detection of Photon Statistics

G. Harder, Ch. Silberhorn, J. Rehacek, Z. Hradil, L. Motka, B. Stoklasa, and L. L. Sánchez-Soto
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 133601 – Published 30 March 2016
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Abstract

We report the experimental point-by-point sampling of the Wigner function for nonclassical states created in an ultrafast pulsed type-II parametric down-conversion source. We use a loss-tolerant time-multiplexed detector based on a fiber-optical setup and a pair of photon-number-resolving avalanche photodiodes. By capitalizing on an expedient data-pattern tomography, we assess the properties of the light states with outstanding accuracy. The method allows us to reliably infer the squeezing of genuine two-mode states without any phase reference.

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  • Received 11 January 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.133601

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Atomic, Molecular & OpticalGeneral Physics

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G. Harder1, Ch. Silberhorn1,2, J. Rehacek3, Z. Hradil3, L. Motka3, B. Stoklasa3, and L. L. Sánchez-Soto4,2

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
  • 2Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts, Günther-Scharowsky-Straße 1, Bau 24, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • 3Department of Optics, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 4Departamento de Óptica, Facultad de Física, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain

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Vol. 116, Iss. 13 — 1 April 2016

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