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arxiv: 1409.8076 · v2 · pith:ECAI5Q4Hnew · submitted 2014-09-29 · 🪐 quant-ph

Tomography by noise

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keywords methodexperimentalnoisenumberquantumsingle-photonthermaldemonstrated
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We present an efficient and robust method for the reconstruction of photon number distributions by using solely thermal noise as a probe. The method uses a minimal number of pre-calibrated quantum devices, only one on/off single-photon detector is sufficient. Feasibility of the method is demonstrated by the experimental inference of single-photon, thermal and two-photon states. The method is stable to experimental imperfections and provides a direct, user-friendly quantum diagnostics tool.

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