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Complete nonclassicality test with a photon-number resolving detector

Quantum Physics 2015-06-05 v2

Abstract

We present a method for the experimental measurement of nonclassicality witnesses and demonstrate its application. Our proposal only requires the coherent displacement of the initial state, which can be achieved by overlapping the latter with a coherent state at a beam splitter, and subsequent photon-number resolved detection. This setup allows a complete test of nonclassicality of an arbitrary quantum state. The role of the quantum efficiency as well as statistical and systematic uncertainties are discussed. Finally, the scheme is demonstrated for a realistic example.

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@article{arxiv.1207.6097,
  title  = {Complete nonclassicality test with a photon-number resolving detector},
  author = {T. Kiesel and W. Vogel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.6097},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures

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