Experimental Demonstration of Zero-Photon Subtraction
Cory M. Nunn, S. U. Shringarpure, J. D. Franson, T. B. Pittman · Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition · 2022
We demonstrate conditional attenuation of quantum optical states by subtracting zero photons at a variable beam splitter. The attenuation exhibits an interesting dependence on initial photon statistics that mirrors the effects of single-photon subtraction.