Quantum polarization characterization and tomography
J Söderholm, G Björk, A B Klimov, Luis Lorenzo Sánchez-Soto, Gerd Leuchs · New Journal of Physics · 2012
We present a complete polarization characterization of any quantum state of two orthogonal polarization modes and give a systematic measurement procedure to collect the necessary data. Full characterization requires measurements of the photon number in both modes and linear optics. In the case where only the photon-number difference can be determined, a limited but useful characterization is obtained. The characteristic Stokes moment profiles are given for several common quantum states.