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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Tomography of Single-Photon Subtraction Process in Multiple Time-Frequency Modes

Young-Sik Ra, Clément Jacquard, Adrien Dufour, Claude Fabre, Nicolas Treps

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present a method to characterize single-photon subtraction process in multiple time-frequency modes. To obtain complete information of the process, we use coherent-state quantum process tomography, and express the results by a quantum process matrix.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2016.ftu3c.5

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