Nonorthogonal projective positive-operator-value measurement of photon polarization states with unit probability of success
Sebastian E. Ahnert, Mike C. Payne · Physical Review A · 2004
In this paper we describe a scheme for performing a nonorthogonal projective positive-operator-value measurement of any arbitrary single-photon polarization input state with unit probability of success. While this probability is reached in the limit of infinite cycles of states through the apparatus, only one actual physical setup is required for a feasible implementation. Specifically, our setup implements a set of three nonorthogonal measurement operators at angles of 120\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} to each other.