PRECISION OF QUANTUM TOMOGRAPHIC DETECTION OF RADIATION

被引:35
作者
DARIANO, GM [1 ]
MACCHIAVELLO, C [1 ]
PARIS, MGA [1 ]
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[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-27100 PAVIA,ITALY
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10.1016/0375-9601(94)90422-7
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Homodyne tomography provides an experimental technique for reconstructing the density matrix of the radiation field. Here we analyze the tomographic precision in recovering observables like the photon number, the quadrature, and the phase. We show that tomographic reconstruction, despite providing a complete characterization of the state of the field, is generally much less efficient than conventional detection techniques.
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