Wednesday, December 19, 2012

1212.4412 (Merlin Cooper et al.)

Experimental generation of multi-photon Fock states    [PDF]

Merlin Cooper, Laura J. Wright, Christoph Söller, Brian J. Smith
We experimentally demonstrate the generation of multi-photon Fock states with up to three photons in well-defined spatial-temporal modes synchronized with a classical clock. The states are characterized using quantum optical homodyne tomography to ensure mode selectivity. The three-photon Fock states are probabilistically generated by pulsed spontaneous parametric down conversion at a rate of one per second, enabling complete characterization in 12 hours.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.4412

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