Local sampling of phase-space distributions by cascaded optical homodyning

Authors
Kis, Z Kiss, T Janszky, J Adam, P Wallentowitz, S Vogel, W
Citation
Z. Kis et al., Local sampling of phase-space distributions by cascaded optical homodyning, PHYS REV A, 59(1), 1999, pp. R39-R42
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
ISSN journal
10502947 → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
R39 - R42
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(199901)59:1<R39:LSOPDB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We propose the determination of phase-space distributions of optical fields by cascaded optical homodyning, where phase-randomized balanced homodyning is used for measuring the output photon-number statistics of an unbalanced homodyne detection scheme. The phase-space point of interest is controlled by the complex amplitude of the local oscillator and a universal sampling function is sufficient for mapping the measured quadrature statistics onto the phase-space distribution. [S1050-2947(99)50201-1].