PHOTON-NUMBER STATISTICS FROM THE PHASE-AVERAGED QUADRATURE-FIELD DISTRIBUTION - THEORY AND ULTRAFAST MEASUREMENT

被引：156

作者：

MUNROE, M ^{[1
]}

BOGGAVARAPU, D ^{[1
]}

ANDERSON, ME ^{[1
]}

RAYMER, MG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV OREGON, INST CHEM PHYS, EUGENE, OR 97403 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.52.R924

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We prove that the photon-number distribution of an arbitrary single-mode optical state can be calculated directly from the phase-averaged quadrature amplitude distribution, measured using optical homodyne detection. We experimentally demonstrate the application of this result by measuring the ultrafast (subpicosecond), time-resolved photon-number statistics of a weak field from a pulsed diode laser. Also presented is a numerical calculation of the photon-number distribution of a quadrature-squeezed vacuum state.

引用

页码：R924 / R927

页数：4

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