Pulse-mode quantum projection synthesis: Effects of mode mismatch on optical state truncation and preparation

Şahin Kaya Özdemir, Adam Miranowicz, Masato Koashi, Nobuyuki Imoto

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Abstract

Quantum projection synthesis can be used for phase-probability-distribution measurement and optical-state truncation and preparation. The method relies on interfering optical light beams, which is a major challenge in experiments performed by pulsed light sources. In the pulsed regime, the time frequency overlap of the interfering light beams has a major impact on the efficiency of the method. In this paper, the pulse-mode projection-synthesis approach is developed, the mode structures of interfering light beams are characterized, and the effect of this overlap on the fidelity of optical-state truncation and preparation is investigated. By introducing the positive-operator-valued measure for the detection events in the scheme, the effect of mode mismatch between the photon-counting detectors and the incident light beams is also presented. 5555 2002 The American Physical Society.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)12
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume66
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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