Measuring higher-order photon correlations of faint quantum light: A short review

Laiho K, Dirmeier T, Schmidt M, Reitzenstein S, Marquardt C (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Physics Letters A Elsevier

Book Volume: 435

DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2022.128059

Abstract

Normalized correlation functions provide expedient means for determining the photon-number properties of light. These higher-order moments, also called the normalized factorial moments of photon number, can be utilized both in the fast state classification and in-depth state characterization. Further, non-classicality criteria have been derived based on their properties. Luckily, the measurement of the normalized higher-order moments is often loss-independent making their observation with lossy optical setups and imperfect detectors experimentally appealing. The normalized higher-order moments can for example be extracted from the photon-number distribution measured with a true photon-number-resolving detector or accessed directly via manifold coincidence counting in the spirit of the Hanbury Brown and Twiss experiment. Alternatively, they can be inferred via homodyne detection. Here, we provide an overview of different kind of state classification and characterization tasks that take use of normalized higher-order moments and consider different aspects in measuring them with free-traveling light. (C)& nbsp;2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Authors with CRIS profile

Christoph Marquardt Chair of Optical Quantum Technologies

Involved external institutions

Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum - Rheinpfalz (DLR) DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität Berlin DE Germany (DE) Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Laiho, K., Dirmeier, T., Schmidt, M., Reitzenstein, S., & Marquardt, C. (2022). Measuring higher-order photon correlations of faint quantum light: A short review. Physics Letters A, 435. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2022.128059

MLA:

Laiho, K., et al. "Measuring higher-order photon correlations of faint quantum light: A short review." Physics Letters A 435 (2022).

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