Experimental polarization state tomography using photon counting polarimeters

Alexander Ling; Kee Pang Soh; Antía Lamas-Linares; Christian Kurtsiefer

doi:10.1117/12.678921

29 August 2006 Experimental polarization state tomography using photon counting polarimeters

Alexander Ling, Kee Pang Soh, Antía Lamas-Linares, Christian Kurtsiefer

Proceedings Volume 6305, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IV; 63050A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.678921
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We report on the implementation of a photon counting polarimeter based on a scheme known to be optimal for obtaining the polarization vector of ensembles of spin-1/2 quantum systems. We show how to use this polarimeter to estimate the complete polarization state for generic multi-photon states. State reconstruction using the polarimeter is illustrated by actual measurements on prepared ensembles of one- and two-photon systems. The rate at which the estimated polarization state converges to an asymptote state is also measured and presented.

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Alexander Ling, Kee Pang Soh, Antía Lamas-Linares, and Christian Kurtsiefer "Experimental polarization state tomography using photon counting polarimeters", Proc. SPIE 6305, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IV, 63050A (29 August 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.678921

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