Experimental Optimum Maximum-Confidence Discrimination and Optimum Unambiguous Discrimination of Two Mixed Single-Photon States
Quantum Physics
2015-03-19 v1
Abstract
We present an experimental implementation of optimum measurements for quantum state discrimination. Optimum maximum-confidence discrimination and optimum unambiguous discrimination of two mixed single-photon polarization states were performed. For the latter the states of rank two in a four-dimensional Hilbert space are prepared using both path and polarization encoding. Linear optics and single photons from a true single-photon source based on a semiconductor quantum dot are utilized.
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@article{arxiv.1105.3339,
title = {Experimental Optimum Maximum-Confidence Discrimination and Optimum Unambiguous Discrimination of Two Mixed Single-Photon States},
author = {Gesine A. Steudle and Sebastian Knauer and Ulrike Herzog and Erik Stock and Vladimir A. Haisler and Dieter Bimberg and Oliver Benson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.3339},
year = {2015}
}
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5 pages, 5 figures