TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION OF COMPLETELY UNPOLARIZED LIGHT

Authors
RICHTER T
Citation
T. Richter, TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION OF COMPLETELY UNPOLARIZED LIGHT, Physical review. A, 55(6), 1997, pp. 4629-4631
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
55
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4629 - 4631
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1997)55:6<4629:TROCUL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We reconsider the state reconstruction of a completely unpolarized lig ht beam from measured homodyne data. We show that the measurement of t he quadrature distribution of any linearly polarized component of the light field is sufficient to determine the quantum state of completely unpolarized light. As a result we reveal the close connection to the reconstruction algorithm in the single-mode case.