Direct measurement of ultrafast temporal wavefunctions
The large capacity and robustness of information encoding in the temporal mode of photons is important in quantum information processing, in which characterizing temporal quantum states with high usability and time resolution is essential. We propose and demonstrate a direct measurement method of te...
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| Published in: | Optics express Vol. 29; no. 13; pp. 19403 - 19416 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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21-06-2021
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| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The large capacity and robustness of information encoding in the temporal mode of photons is important in quantum information processing, in which characterizing temporal quantum states with high usability and time resolution is essential. We propose and demonstrate a direct measurement method of temporal complex wavefunctions for weak light at a single-photon level with subpicosecond time resolution. Our direct measurement is realized by ultrafast metrology of the interference between the light under test and self-generated monochromatic reference light; no external reference light or complicated post-processing algorithms are required. Hence, this method is versatile and potentially widely applicable for temporal state characterization. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1094-4087 1094-4087 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/OE.423969 |