Generation and Measurement of Nonclassical States by Quantum Fock Filter
Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano, Lorenzo Maccone, Matteo G. A. Paris, Massimiliano Federico Sacchi · arXiv (Cornell University) · 1999
We study a novel optical setup which is able to select a specific Fock component from a generic input state. The device allows to synthesize number states and superpositions of few number states, and to measure the photon distribution and the density matrix of a generic input signal.