Exploiting higher-order correlation functions for photon-statistics-based characterization and reconstruction of arbitrary Gaussian states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09083v1
• Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:31:30 GMT
• Title: Exploiting higher-order correlation functions for photon-statistics-based characterization and reconstruction of arbitrary Gaussian states
• Authors: Philip Heinzel, René Sondenheimer,
• Abstract summary: We show that it is not possible to extract state parameters solely from correlation-function measurements without prior assumptions about the Gaussian state.<n>We show under which circumstances these measurements can be used to reconstruct a generic Gaussian state.
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• Abstract: Gaussian states are an essential building block for various applications in quantum optics and quantum information science, yet the precise relation between their second- and third-order correlation functions remains not fully explored. We discuss connections between these correlation functions by constructing an explicit decomposition formula for arbitrary sixth-order moments of ladder operators for general Gaussian states and demonstrate how the derived relations enable state classification from correlation data alone. Whereas violating these relations certifies non-Gaussianity, satisfying them provides evidence for a Gaussian-state description and allows a direct distinction among non-displaced, non-squeezed, and displaced-squeezed sectors of the Gaussian state space. Further, we show that it is not possible to uniquely extract state parameters solely from correlation-function measurements without prior assumptions about the Gaussian state. Resolving this ambiguity requires additional loss-sensitive information, e.g., measuring the mean intensity or the vacuum overlap of each mode. In particular, we show under which circumstances these measurements can be used to reconstruct a generic Gaussian state.

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