Reconstruction of spatial qutrit states based on realistic measurement operators

Details Reconstruction of spatial qutrit states based on realistic measurement operators Reconstruction of spatial qutrit states based on realistic measurement operators

2009-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/0908.1604v1

Phys. Rev. A 80, 062102 (2009)

Physics

Quantum Physics

15 pages, including 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.80.062102

Spatial qudit states can be realized by using multi-slits to discretize the transverse momentum of a photon. The merit of this kind of spatial qudit states is that the implementation of higher dimensional qudits is relatively easy. As we have recently shown, the quantum states of these spatial qudits can be analyzed by scanning a single interference pattern. This method of single scan tomography can also be applied at higher dimensions, but the reconstruction becomes more sensitive to smaller details of the scanned patterns as the dimensions increase. In this paper, we investigate the effect of finite measurement resolution on the single scan tomography of spatial qutrits. Realistic measurement operators describing the spatial resolution of the measurement are introduced and the corresponding pattern functions for quantum state reconstruction are derived. We use the pattern functions to analyze experimental results for entangled pairs of spatial qutrits generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). It is shown that a reliable reconstruction of the quantum state can be achieved with finite measurement resolution if this limitation of the measurement is included in the pattern functions of single scan tomography.

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