We experimentally investigate the non-Gaussian features of the phase-randomized coherent states, a class of states exploited in communica- tion channels and in decoy state-based quantum key distribution protocols. In particular, we reconstruct their phase-insensitive Wigner functions and quantify their non-Gaussianity. The measurements are performed in the mesoscopic photon-number domain by means of a direct detection scheme involving linear detectors.
Manipulating the non-Gaussianity of phase-randomized coherent states
ALLEVI, ALESSIA
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2012-01-01
Abstract
We experimentally investigate the non-Gaussian features of the phase-randomized coherent states, a class of states exploited in communica- tion channels and in decoy state-based quantum key distribution protocols. In particular, we reconstruct their phase-insensitive Wigner functions and quantify their non-Gaussianity. The measurements are performed in the mesoscopic photon-number domain by means of a direct detection scheme involving linear detectors.
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