Experimental Quantum Detector Tomography

We present the first quantum tomography of a detector, using as examples an avalanche photodiode and a photon-number resolving detector. The resulting POVM set agrees well with one derived from a model of the detector. © 2008 Optical Society of America.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Coldenstrodt-Ronge, H, Lundeen, J, Pregnell, K, Feito, A, Smith, B, Silberhorn, C, Eisert, J, Plenio, M, Walmsley, I, IEEE
Format: Conference item
Published: 2008
Description
Summary:We present the first quantum tomography of a detector, using as examples an avalanche photodiode and a photon-number resolving detector. The resulting POVM set agrees well with one derived from a model of the detector. © 2008 Optical Society of America.