Experimental polarization state tomography using optimal polarimeters
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We report on the experimental implementation of a polarimeter based on a scheme known to be optimal for obtaining the polarization vector of ensembles of spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ quantum systems and the alignment procedure for this polarimeter. We also show how to use this polarimeter to estimate the polarization state for identically prepared ensembles of single photons and photon pairs and extend the method to obtain the density matrix for generic multiphoton states. State reconstruction and performance of the polarimeter is illustrated by actual measurements on identically prepared ensembles of single photons and polarization entangled photon pairs.
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All experiments and proposals for experiments implementing SIC POMs up to date have been limited to the two-level system (qubit), with the exception of one where a SIC POM for a three-level system was approximated.
“In contrast to the major theoretical progress, up to date, all experiments and even proposals for experiments implementing SIC POMs have been limited to the very basic quantum system, the two-level system (qubit) [10, 11], with the exception of [12] where a SIC POM for a three-level system was approximated.”
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- Authors
- Ling, A., Soh, K. P., Lamas-Linares, A., & Kurtsiefer, C.
- Affiliations
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Venue
- Physical Review A
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2006-08-08
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
- 1050-2947
- 1094-1622
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- W2052149259
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- en
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- Funders
- Defence Science and Technology Agency - Singapore
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Keywords
- single photons, photon pairs, polarization entanglement, multi-photon states, density matrix reconstruction, quantum state tomography
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