Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference

State tomography in the presence of inaccessible information

Robert B. A. Adamson, Lynden K. Shalm, Aephraim M. Steinberg, Morgan W. Mitchell

Published Dec 10, 2005• 0 citations

Abstract

Polarization state tomography has been done on a system of two photons that could not be individually addressed experimentally. We show how polarization correlation measurements can reveal indirect information about experimentally inaccessible degrees of freedom.

DOI: 10.1109/qels.2005.1548855

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