Sampling of photon statistics and density matrix using homodyne detection

Optics Communications

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 144-160

  Leonhardt, U ^a,b   Munroe, M ^a   Kiss, T ^b,c   Richter, Th ^b   Raymer, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL OPTICS;

BIN WIDTH; DENSITY MATRIX; HOMODYNE DETECTION; PHOTON STATISTICS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0030164935     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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