We propose to test experimentally the nonclassical character of radiation states through homodyne tomog- raphy. For single-mode states we check violations of inequalities involving the photon-number probability. For two-mode states we test the nonclassicality by reconstructing some suitable number-operator functions. The test can be performed with available quantum efficiency of homodyne detection, by measuring the pertaining quantities on the corresponding noisy states.

Tomographic measurements of nonclassical radiation states

M F Sacchi;
1999

Abstract

We propose to test experimentally the nonclassical character of radiation states through homodyne tomog- raphy. For single-mode states we check violations of inequalities involving the photon-number probability. For two-mode states we test the nonclassicality by reconstructing some suitable number-operator functions. The test can be performed with available quantum efficiency of homodyne detection, by measuring the pertaining quantities on the corresponding noisy states.
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