Photon-number discrimination without a photon counter and its application to reconstructing non-Gaussian states

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Chrzanowski, H.
Bernu, J.
Sparkes, B.
Hage, B.
Lund, Austin
Ralph, T.
Lam, P.
Symul, T.
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2011
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The nonlinearity of a conditional photon-counting measurement can be used to "de-Gaussify" a Gaussian state of light. Here we present and experimentally demonstrate a technique for photon-number resolution using only homodyne detection. We then apply this technique to inform a conditional measurement, unambiguously reconstructing the statistics of the non-Gaussian one- and two-photon-subtracted squeezed vacuum states. Although our photon-number measurement relies on ensemble averages and cannot be used to prepare non-Gaussian states of light, its high efficiency, photon-number-resolving capabilities, and compatibility with the telecommunications band make it suitable for quantum-information tasks relying on the outcomes of mean values.

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Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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84

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5

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Mathematical sciences

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Atomic, molecular and optical physics not elsewhere classified

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