Continuous-variable optical quantum-state tomography

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 299-332

  Lvovsky, A I ^a   Raymer, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; HOMODYNE DETECTIONS; HOMODYNE TOMOGRAPHIES; MODE-MATCHING; OPTICAL FIELDS; OPTICAL MODES; QUANTUM STATE; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SPATIAL MODES; STATE TOMOGRAPHIES; TIME DOMAINS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PHOTONS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 64349124289     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: 15390756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.81.299     Document Type: Article

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