Optimal Measure for the Polarization Estimation of Light with Arbitrary Photon Statistics

Lu Zhang; Kam Wai Clifford Chan; Pramode K. Verma

doi:10.1364/FIO.2016.JW4A.35

Frontiers in Optics 2016
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2016),
paper JW4A.35
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2016.JW4A.35

Optimal Measure for the Polarization Estimation of Light with Arbitrary Photon Statistics

Lu Zhang, Kam Wai Clifford Chan, and Pramode K. Verma

Frontiers in Optics 2016

Rochester, New York United States
17–21 October 2016
ISBN: 978-1-943580-19-4

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L. Zhang, K. W. C. Chan, and P. K. Verma, "Optimal Measure for the Polarization Estimation of Light with Arbitrary Photon Statistics," in Frontiers in Optics 2016, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2016), paper JW4A.35.

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Abstract

We present an optimal measure for the estimation of the polarization of light with arbitrary photon statistics. The success probability and the mean fidelity are calculated, and comparisons against an adaptive measurement are made.

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