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Quantum state reconstruction of an intense polarization squeezed state

Christoph Marquardt, J. Heersink, Maria V. Chekhova, A. B. Klimov, Luis Lorenzo Sánchez-Soto, Ulrik L. Andersen, Gerd Leuchs

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations

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Abstract

The first quantum reconstruction of an intense Kerr squeezed state is reported. Taking into account the algebraic properties of the Stokes operators, the Wigner function describing a polarization squeezed state can also be fully reconstructed.

DOI: 10.1109/cleo.2006.4628887

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