Quantum reconstruction of an intense polarization squeezed optical state

Marquardt, Ch.; Heersink, J.; Dong, R.; Chekhova, M. V.; Klimov, A. B.; Sanchez-Soto, L. L.; Andersen, U. L.; Leuchs, G.

Quantum reconstruction of an intense polarization squeezed optical state

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We perform a reconstruction of the polarization sector of the density matrix of an intense polarization squeezed beam starting from a complete set of Stokes measurements. By using an appropriate quasidistribution, we map this onto the Poincare space providing a full quantum mechanical characterization of the measured polarization state.
4 pages, 4 eps color figures