Pith. sign in

REVIEW

Measuring quantum state overlaps of traveling optical fields

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv quant-ph/9910029 v1 pith:TB3PIV2U submitted 1999-10-07 quant-ph

Measuring quantum state overlaps of traveling optical fields

classification quant-ph
keywords quantumstatedetectionmeasuringmodeschemestatesarray
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal T4 reserved
0 comments
read the original abstract

We propose a detection scheme for measuring the overlap of the quantum state of a weakly excited traveling-field mode with a desired reference quantum state, by successive mixing the signal mode with modes prepared in coherent states and performing photon-number measurements in an array of beam splitters. To illustrate the scheme, we discuss the measurement of the quantum phase and the detection of Schrodinger-cat-like states.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.