Quantum reconstruction of an intense polarization squeezed optical state.
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.
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Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics (Max Planck Research Group), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Günther-Scharowsky Strasse 1, Building 24, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Heersink
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Dong
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Chekhova
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Klimov
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Sánchez-Soto
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Andersen
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Leuchs
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