TY - JOUR
T1 - Monte Carlo simulation of photonic state tomography
T2 - A virtual Hanbury Brown and Twiss correlator
AU - Murray, Eoin
AU - Juska, Gediminas
AU - Pelucchi, Emanuele
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2016/3/15
Y1 - 2016/3/15
N2 - This paper provides a theoretical background for the simulations of particular quantum optics experiments, namely, photon intensity correlation measurements. A practical example, adapted to polarisation-entangled photon pairs emitted from a quantum dot, is presented. The tool, a virtual Hanbury Brown and Twiss correlator, simulates polarisation-resolved the second-order correlation functions, which then can be used in a photonic state tomography procedure - a full description of a light source's polarisation state. This educational tool is meant to improve general understanding of such quantum optics experiments.
AB - This paper provides a theoretical background for the simulations of particular quantum optics experiments, namely, photon intensity correlation measurements. A practical example, adapted to polarisation-entangled photon pairs emitted from a quantum dot, is presented. The tool, a virtual Hanbury Brown and Twiss correlator, simulates polarisation-resolved the second-order correlation functions, which then can be used in a photonic state tomography procedure - a full description of a light source's polarisation state. This educational tool is meant to improve general understanding of such quantum optics experiments.
KW - quantum correlations
KW - quantum dots
KW - quantum state tomography
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84963725119
U2 - 10.1088/0143-0807/37/3/034002
DO - 10.1088/0143-0807/37/3/034002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963725119
SN - 0143-0807
VL - 37
JO - European Journal of Physics
JF - European Journal of Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 034002
ER -