Experimental reconstruction of photon statistics without photon counting.
Experimental reconstructions of photon number distributions of both continuous-wave and pulsed light beams are reported. Our scheme is based on on/off avalanche photo-detection assisted by maximum-likelihood estimation and does not involve photon counting. Reconstructions of the distribution for both semiclassical and quantum states of light are reported for single-mode as well as for multi-mode beams.
Zambra
Guido
G
Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como, Italia.
Andreoni
Alessandra
A
Bondani
Maria
M
Gramegna
Marco
M
Genovese
Marco
M
Brida
Giorgio
G
Rossi
Andrea
A
Paris
Matteo G A
MG