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Loss Tolerant Quantum State Tomography by Measuring Wigner Function Overlap

Miller Eaton, Rajveer Nehra, Carlos González-Arciniegas, M. S. Kim, Olivier Pfister

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate quantum tomography of a single-photon state, with no assumptions or approximations, by measuring its Wigner function overlap with coherent states. The method is robust to noise and compensates for known loss.

DOI: 10.1364/quantum.2020.qth6a.5

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