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View SchemaMaximum likelihood estimation of photon number distribution from homodyne statistics
| Authors | Konrad Banaszek |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9712043 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9712043 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.5013 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 57, 5013-5015 (1998) |
Abstract
We present a method for reconstructing the photon number distribution from the homodyne statistics based on maximization of the likelihood function derived from the exact statistical description of a homodyne experiment. This method incorporates in a natural way the physical constraints on the reconstructed quantities, and the compensation for the nonunit detection efficiency.
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