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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 54: Posters: Quantum Optics and Photonics IV

Q 54.43: Poster

Thursday, March 12, 2020, 16:30–18:30, Empore Lichthof

Measuring the temporal mode function of photonic states — •Olivier Morin, Stefan Langenfeld, Matthias Körber, Philip Thomas, and Gerhard Rempe — Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching

Quantum physics, and quantum information in particular, relies on the accurate control of the quantum states. For optical states, while some well-establish techniques exist for the characterization of polarization and spatial degrees of freedom, it remains a non-trivial task to measure the temporal mode function of a quantum state. Here we present an easy-to-implement and accurate solution [1]. Our method is based on homodyne measurements. We show that the proper processing of the auto-correlation function can give access to any complex-valued temporal mode function. Beyond the theoretical principle, we also consider the experimental constraints and provide the key aspects to obtain a trustworthy reconstruction. We have tested our method on an advanced temporal shape and reach a fidelity as high as 99.4%. This technique has also been used to characterize the complex-valued temporal shape of a single photon emitted from a CQED system. Hence, we believe that this method can be applied to many other systems and become a standard routine in quantum optics laboratories.

[1] O. Morin et al., ArXiv 1909.00859 (2019)