title: Probing the negative Wigner function of a pulsed single photon point by point.
abstract: We investigate quantum properties of pulsed light fields point by point in phase space. We probe the negative region of the Wigner function of a single photon generated by the means of waveguided parametric down conversion. This capability is achieved by employing loss-tolerant photon-number resolving detection, allowing us to directly observe the oscillations of the photon statistics in dependence of applied displacements in phase space. Our scheme is highly mode sensitive and can reveal the single-mode character of the signal state.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Science of Light, Günther-Scharowsky-straße 1/Building 24, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. kaisa.laiho@mpl.mpg.de
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laiho
authors.forename: Katiúscia N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Cassemiro
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silberhorn