Experimental investigation of a coherent quantum measurement of the degree of polarization of a single-mode light beam

Legre, Matthieu; Wegmuller, Mark; Gisin, Nicolas

doi:10.1080/0950034031000069370

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Experimental investigation of a coherent quantum measurement of the degree of polarization of a single-mode light beam

ContributorsLegre, Matthieu; Wegmuller, Mark; Gisin, Nicolas

Published inJournal of modern optics, vol. 50, no. 11, p. 1679-1690

Publication date2003

Abstract

A novel method for the direct measurement of the degree of polarization is described. It is one of the first practical implementations of a coherent quantum measurement, the projection on the singlet state. Our first results demonstrate the successful operation of the method. However, due to the nonlinear crystals used presently, its application is limited to spectral widths larger than ~8nm.

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Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Groupe de physique appliquée

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LEGRE, Matthieu, WEGMULLER, Mark, GISIN, Nicolas. Experimental investigation of a coherent quantum measurement of the degree of polarization of a single-mode light beam. In: Journal of modern optics, 2003, vol. 50, n° 11, p. 1679–1690. doi: 10.1080/0950034031000069370

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PID : unige:36715
DOI : 10.1080/0950034031000069370

Journal ISSN0950-0340

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