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Generation and Measurement of Nonclassical States by Quantum Fock Filter

G. M. D'Ariano, L. Maccone, M. G. A. Paris, M. F. Sacchi

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9904074

Abstract

We study a novel optical setup which is able to select a specific Fock component from a generic input state. The device allows to synthesize number states and superpositions of few number states, and to measure the photon distribution and the density matrix of a generic input signal.

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