Quantum phase distribution by projection synthesis

Author: Pegg David T.   Barnett Stephen M.   Phillips Lee S.  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 1362-3044

Source: Journal of Modern Optics, Vol.44, Iss.11-12, 1997-11, pp. : 2135-2148

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Abstract

We show how the recently-introduced method of projection synthesis can be applied to find the phase probability distribution for a single-mode field. The realization of such a measurement scheme requires the production of reciprocal-binomial states of light or suitable alternative states. We describe how such states might be produced in the laboratory.