RECONSTRUCTION OF PHOTON DISTRIBUTION WITH POSITIVITY CONSTRAINTS

Authors
BANASZEK K
Citation
K. Banaszek, RECONSTRUCTION OF PHOTON DISTRIBUTION WITH POSITIVITY CONSTRAINTS, Acta physica slovaca, 48(3), 1998, pp. 185-190
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Acta physica slovaca → ACNP
ISSN journal
03230465
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
185 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0323-0465(1998)48:3<185:ROPDWP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
An iterative algorithm for reconstructing the photon distribution from the random phase homodyne statistics is discussed. This method, deriv ed from the maximum-likelihood approach, yields a positive definite es timate for the photon distribution with bounded statistical errors eve n if numerical compensation for the detector imperfection is applied.