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Direct measurement of the spatial Wigner function with area-integrated detection.
- Abstract:
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We demonstrate experimentally a novel technique for characterizing transverse spatial coherence by using the Wigner distribution function. The method is based on the measurement of interference between a pair of rotated and displaced replicas of the input beam with an area-integrating detector, and it provides an optimal signal-to-noise ratio in regimes when array detectors are not available. We analyze the quantum-optical picture of the presented measurement for single-photon signals and dis...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Optics letters
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 15
- Pages:
- 1317-1319
- Publication date:
- 2003-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1539-4794
- ISSN:
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0146-9592
- Source identifiers:
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28307
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:28307
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:28307
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2003
- Notes:
- 3 pages, REVTeX
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