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Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 230401 (2006) [4 pages]

Biased Tomography Schemes: An Objective Approach

Z. Hradil,1 D. Mogilevtsev,2 and J. Rehácek1
1Department of Optics, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 772 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
2Institute of Physics, Belarus National Academy of Sciences, F.Skarina Avenue 68, Minsk 220072 Belarus and Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Cidade Universitária, 57072-970, Maceió, AL, Brazil

Received 22 November 2005; published 12 June 2006

We report on an intrinsic relationship between the maximum-likelihood quantum-state estimation and the representation of the signal. A quantum analogy of the transfer function determines the space where the reconstruction should be done without the need for any ad hoc truncations of the Hilbert space. An illustration of this method is provided by a simple yet practically important tomography of an optical signal registered by realistic binary detectors.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.230401
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.230401
PACS: 03.65.Wj; 42.50.Lc
  • 03.65.Wj
    State reconstruction, quantum tomography
  • 42.50.Lc
    Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps (quantum optics)
  • YEAR: 2006

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