Complete Reconstruction of the Quantum State of a Single-Photon Wave Packet Absorbed by a Doppler-Broadened Transition

S. A. Moiseev; S. Kröll

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.173601

Complete Reconstruction of the Quantum State of a Single-Photon Wave Packet Absorbed by a Doppler-Broadened Transition

S. A. Moiseev and S. Kröll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 173601 – Published 8 October 2001

Abstract

An idea for how to reconstruct the quantum state of a nonstationary single-photon wave packet absorbed in a macroscopic medium with inhomogeneously broadened lines is presented. An analytical treatment of the problem is performed and the requirements on the proposed scheme for complete recovery of the recorded nonstationary quantum state with a probability close to unity is described. The physical nature of the present scheme is also discussed.

Received 2 May 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.173601

Authors & Affiliations

S. A. Moiseev^1,2,* and S. Kröll³

¹Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sibirsky Trakt 10/7, Kazan, 420029, Russia
²Kazan State University, Kremlyovskay 18, Kazan, 420008, Russia
³Department of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology (LTH), Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden