title: Quantum reconstruction of an intense polarization squeezed optical state.
abstract: We perform a reconstruction of the polarization sector of the density matrix of an intense polarization squeezed beam starting from a complete set of Stokes measurements. By using an appropriate quasidistribution, we map this onto the Poincaré space, providing a full quantum mechanical characterization of the measured polarization state.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics (Max Planck Research Group), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Günther-Scharowsky Strasse 1, Building 24, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heersink
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chekhova
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Klimov
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Soto
authors.forename: U L
authors.initials: UL
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leuchs