Witnessing quantum non-Gaussianity from intensity moments
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20492v2
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:19:32 GMT
- Title: Witnessing quantum non-Gaussianity from intensity moments
- Authors: Éva Rácz, László Ruppert, Radim Filip,
- Abstract summary: Direct measurement of quantum non-Gaussianity requires some variant of a discrete photon-resolving detection.<n>We derive and analyze a quantum non-Gaussianity witness based solely on the photon number mean and variance.
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- Abstract: Direct measurement of quantum non-Gaussianity requires some variant of a discrete photon-resolving detection, which is feasible only for low mean photon numbers. For a large mean photon number, intensity detection by linear photodiodes provides a continuous signal; therefore, the Fock probabilities of the unknown input state are not directly available. On the other hand, intensity moments can be measured directly, and photon-number moments can be estimated. Therefore, we derive and analyze a quantum non-Gaussianity witness based solely on the photon number mean and variance (or alternatively, the second-order correlation $g^{(2)}$) of an unknown state. Due to the simplicity of the used photon-number moments, the measurement results are easy to correct for losses and additive noise. We provide examples of simple amplification-based measurement schemes where our witness can be applied directly, thereby opening pathways to proof-of-principle tests and applications.
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