Number of phases required to determine a quantum state in optical homodyne tomography

被引:33
作者
Leonhardt, U
Munroe, M
机构
[1] UNIV OREGON, INST PHYS CHEM, EUGENE, OR 97403 USA
[2] HUMBOLDT UNIV BERLIN, MAX PLANCK GESELL, ARBEITSGRP NICHTKLASS STRAHLUNG, D-12484 BERLIN, GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 54卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.54.3682
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We show that the dimension of the density matrix in Fock representation is equal io the number pf phases needed for accurate state reconstruction in optical homodyne tomography. We also derive a simple method for estimating the errors if the actual dimension is larger than the number of phases.
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页码:3682 / 3684
页数:3
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