Experimental Reconstruction of Photon Statistics without Photon Counting
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Experimental reconstructions of photon number distributions of both continuous-wave and pulsed light beams are reported. Our scheme is based on on/off avalanche photodetection assisted by maximum-likelihood estimation and does not involve photon counting. Reconstructions of the distribution for both semiclassical and quantum states of light are reported for single-mode as well as for multimode beams.
Revised version: in press on PRL. 4 pages, 4 figs
- University of Milan Italy
- University of Insubria Italy
- University of Lille France
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica Italy
- Università dell Insubria (Varese) Italy
Quantum Optics, Quantum Information, photodetection, state reconstructio, nonclassical states of light, Quantum Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Information, photodetection, state reconstructio, nonclassical states of light, Quantum Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
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