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Tomography of time-bin quantum states using time-resolved detection

Quantum Physics 2020-11-26 v2

Abstract

We present a method for measuring quantum states encoded in the temporal modes of photons. The basis for the multilevel quantum states is defined by the use of modes propagating in a dispersive medium, which is a fiber in this case. The propagation and time-resolved single photon detection allow us to define a positive-operator valued measure (POVM). The POVM depends on the amount of dispersion and the characteristics of a detector. This framework is numerically tested by performing quantum state tomography on a large number of states for a set of realistic experimental settings. Finally, the average fidelity between the expected and reconstructed states is computed for qubits, qutrits and entangled qubits.

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@article{arxiv.2003.11981,
  title  = {Tomography of time-bin quantum states using time-resolved detection},
  author = {Karolina Sedziak-Kacprowicz and Artur Czerwinski and Piotr Kolenderski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.11981},
  year   = {2020}
}
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