论文信息 - Experimental demonstration of polarization discrimination at the Helstrom bound

Experimental demonstration of polarization discrimination at the Helstrom bound

Abstract We present an experimental realization of discrimination between non-orthogonal polarization states at the Helstrom bound for minimum probability of error. The experiment was performed with highly attenuated laser light with a mean number of about 0·1 photons per pulse.

Stephen M. Barnett | Erling Riis | S. Barnett | E. Riis

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