Determination of the Wigner function from photon statistics
Date
1999-08Author
Banaszek, K.
Radzewicz, C.
Wodkiewicz, K.
Krasinski, J. S.
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We present an experimental realisation of the direct scheme for measuring the Wigner function of a single quantized light mode. In this method, the Wigner function is determined as the expectation value of the photon number parity operator for the phase space displaced quantum state.
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Banaszek, K., Radzewicz, C., Wodkiewicz, K., & Krasinski, J. S. (1999). Determination of the Wigner function from photon statistics. Acta Physica Slovaca, 49(4), 643-646.