Direct Experimental Certification of Quantum Non-Gaussian Character and Wigner Function Negativity of Single-Photon Detectors

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.043601" target="_blank" >https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.043601</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.043601" target="_blank" >10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.043601</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Direct Experimental Certification of Quantum Non-Gaussian Character and Wigner Function Negativity of Single-Photon Detectors

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Highly nonclassical character of optical quantum detectors, such as single-photon detectors, is essential for preparation of quantum states of light and a vast majority of applications in quantum metrology and quantum information processing. Therefore, it is both fundamentally interesting and practically relevant to investigate the nonclassical features of optical quantum measurements. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate a procedure for direct certification of quantum non-Gaussianity and Wigner function negativity, two crucial nonclassicality levels, of photonic quantum detectors. Remarkably, we characterize the highly nonclassical properties of the detector by probing it with only two classical thermal states and a vacuum state. We experimentally demonstrate the quantum non-Gaussianity of a single-photon avalanche diode even under the presence of background noise, and we also certify the negativity of the Wigner function of this detector. Our results open the way for direct benchmarking of photonic quantum detectors with a few measurements on classical states.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Direct Experimental Certification of Quantum Non-Gaussian Character and Wigner Function Negativity of Single-Photon Detectors

Popis výsledku anglicky

Highly nonclassical character of optical quantum detectors, such as single-photon detectors, is essential for preparation of quantum states of light and a vast majority of applications in quantum metrology and quantum information processing. Therefore, it is both fundamentally interesting and practically relevant to investigate the nonclassical features of optical quantum measurements. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate a procedure for direct certification of quantum non-Gaussianity and Wigner function negativity, two crucial nonclassicality levels, of photonic quantum detectors. Remarkably, we characterize the highly nonclassical properties of the detector by probing it with only two classical thermal states and a vacuum state. We experimentally demonstrate the quantum non-Gaussianity of a single-photon avalanche diode even under the presence of background noise, and we also certify the negativity of the Wigner function of this detector. Our results open the way for direct benchmarking of photonic quantum detectors with a few measurements on classical states.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10306 - Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

ISSN

0031-9007

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

126

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

"043601-1"-"043601-7"

Kód UT WoS článku

000612213700004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85100262843