An Optimal Photon Counting Polarimeter

Details An Optimal Photon Counting Polarimeter An Optimal Photon Counting Polarimeter

2005-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511053v2

Journal of Modern Optics 53, 1523 (2006)

Physics

Quantum Physics

Rev 1, added references and revised title. Accepted by the Journal of Modern Optics

Scientific paper

10.1080/09500340600674242

We present experimental results on a method to perform polarimetry on ensembles of single photons. Our setup is based on a measurement method known to be optimal for estimating the state of two level systems. The setup has no moving parts and is sensitive to weak sources (emitting single photons) of light as it relies on photon counting and has potential applications in both classical polarization measurements and quantum communication scenarios. In our implementation, we are able to reconstruct the Stokes parameters of pure polarization states with an average fidelity of 99.9%.

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