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arXiv:1909.10628 · OSA Quantum 2.0 Conference

Characterizing Quantum Detectors by Wigner Functions

Rajveer Nehra, Kevin Valson Jacob, Miller Eaton, Olivier Pfister

Published Jan 1, 2020• 3 citations
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Abstract

We propose a scheme for characterizing a photodetector by directly reconstructing the Wigner functions of the detector’s Positive-Operator-Valued Measure (POVM) elements, using displaced thermal mixtures as probes. We report our experimental progress on characterizing a superconducting transition-edge sensor.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2020.qtu8a.6

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