Time-domain analysis of quantum states of light: Noise characterization and homodyne tomography

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1189-1194

  Zavatta, Alessandro ^a,b   Bellini, Marco ^a,c   Ramazza, Pier Luigi ^a,c   Marin, Francesco ^a,b   Arecchi, Fortunate Tito ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

HOMODYNE TOMOGRAPHY;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0141676557     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001189     Document Type: Article

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