2012/12/31 by Merlin Cooper, Laura J. Wright, Christoph Söller +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/oe.21.005309
published as Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 5309-5317 (2013) · 9 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2013/02/07 · arxiv updated 2013/02/27
We experimentally demonstrate the generation of multi-photon Fock states with up to three photons in well-defined spatial-temporal modes synchronized with a classical clock. The states are characterized using quantum optical homodyne tomography to ensure mode selectivity. The three-photon Fock states are probabilistically generated by pulsed spontaneous parametric down conversion at a rate of one per second, enabling complete characterization in 12 hours.