Experimental reconstruction of photon statistics without photon counting
- M. Bondani
- G. Zambra
- A. Andreoni
- M. Gramegna
- M. Genovese
- G. Brida
- A. Rossi
- M. G. A. Paris
Publication date
January 2005
DOI Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)Abstract
Experimental reconstructions of photon number distributions of both continuous-wave and pulsed light beams are reported. Our scheme is based on on/off avalanche photodetection assisted by maximumlikelihood estimation and does not involve photon counting. Reconstructions of the distribution for both semiclassical and quantum states of light are reported for single-mode as well as for multimode beams
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