Wednesday, October 3, 2012

1210.0303 (Alessia Allevi et al.)

Manipulating the non-Gaussianity of phase-randomized coherent states    [PDF]

Alessia Allevi, Stefano Olivares, Maria Bondani
We experimentally investigate the non-Gaussian features of the phase-randomized coherent states, a class of states exploited in communication channels and in decoy state-based quantum key distribution protocols. In particular, we reconstruct their phase-insensitive Wigner functions and quantify their non-Gaussianity. The measurements are performed in the mesoscopic photon-number domain by means of a direct detection scheme involving linear detectors.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0303

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