Optimized down-conversion source and state-characterization tools for quantum optics / vorgelegt von Georg Harder [erster Gutachter: Silberhorn, Christine; zweiter Gutachter: Meier, Torsten]. Paderborn, 2016
Content
- Summary
- Zusammenfassung
- Introduction
- Basics
- Parametric Down-Conversion
- From Nonlinear Optics to the PDC-Hamiltonian
- Periodic Poling
- Spectral Decomposition
- The PDC State
- Effective Mode Number
- Interference-Based Characterization Techniques
- Phase Space Representation of Quantum States
- Nonclassicality
- Correlation Functions
- Quantum Measurements
- A Source for Quantum Optics
- Source Engineering
- Experimental Setup
- Characterization in the Single-Photon Regime
- Characterization in the Multiphoton Regime
- Conclusion
- Characterization of Quantum States
- Introduction to Tomography
- Time-Multiplexed Detection with InGaAs APDs
- Pattern Tomography
- Tomography by Noise
- Squeezing Estimation without Phase-Reference
- Correlation Functions and Nonclassicality
- Certifying Nonclassicality with Click Detectors
- Conclusion and Outlook
- Operators
- PDC
- Miscellaneous
- Author Contributions
- Bibliography