Discrimination of optical coherent states using a photon number resolving detector

DOI10.1080/09500340903145031zbMATH Open1190.81023arXiv0905.2496OpenAlexW3124185192WikidataQ62122120 ScholiaQ62122120MaRDI QIDQ3568935FDOQ3568935

Authors: Christoffer Wittmann, Ulrik L. Andersen, Gerd Leuchs 

Publication date: 16 June 2010

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

Abstract: The discrimination of non-orthogonal quantum states with reduced or without errors is a fundamental task in quantum measurement theory. In this work, we investigate a quantum measurement strategy capable of discriminating two coherent states probabilistically with significantly smaller error probabilities than can be obtained using non-probabilistic state discrimination. We find that appropriate postselection of the measurement data of a photon number resolving detector can be used to discriminate two coherent states with small error probability. We compare our new receiver to an optimal intermediate measurement between minimum error discrimination and unambiguous state discrimination.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2496

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum informationquantum state discriminationquantum receivers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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