A note on the measurement of phase space observables with an eight-port homodyne detector

DOI10.1080/09500340701864718zbMATH Open1145.81013arXiv0708.4094OpenAlexW2064743843MaRDI QIDQ3523747FDOQ3523747

Authors: Jukka Kiukas, Pekka Lahti 

Publication date: 5 September 2008

Published in: Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is well known that the Husimi Q-function of the signal field can actually be measured by the eight-port homodyne detection technique, provided that the reference beam (used for homodyne detection) is a very strong coherent field so that it can be treated classically. Using recent rigorous results on the quantum theory of homodyne detection observables, we show that any phase space observable, and not only the Q-function, can be obtained as a high amplitude limit of the signal observable actually measured by an eight-port homodyne detector. The proof of this fact does not involve any classicality assumption.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.4094

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zbMATH Keywords

positive operator measureeight-port homodyne detectorhigh amplitude limitphase space observable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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