Characterizing photon number statistics using conjugate optical homodyne detection

Qi, Bing; Lougovski, Pavel; Williams, Brian

doi:10.1364/OE.383358

Title: Characterizing photon number statistics using conjugate optical homodyne detection

Journal Article · 20 January 2020 · Optics Express

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.383358 · OSTI ID:1591960

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

We study the problem of determining the photon number statistics of an unknown quantum state using conjugate optical homodyne detection. We quantify the information gain in a single-shot measurement and show that the photon number statistics can be recovered in repeated measurements on an ensemble of identical input states without scanning the phase of the input state or randomizing the phase of the local oscillator used in homodyne detection. We demonstrate how the expectation maximization algorithm and Bayesian inference can be utilized to facilitate the reconstruction and illustrate our approach by conducting experiments to study the photon number distributions of a weak coherent state and a thermal state source.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1591960

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1607321

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 28, Issue 2; ISSN 1094-4087

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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