Testing operational phase concepts in quantum optics
arXiv:quant-ph/9910092 · doi:10.1088/1464-4266/2/3/304
Abstract
An experimental comparison of several operational phase concepts is presented. In particular, it is shown that statistically motivated evaluation of experimental data may lead to a significant improvement in phase fitting upon the conventional Noh, Fouge'res and Mandel procedure. The analysis is extended to the asymptotic limit of large intensities, where a strong evidence in favor of multi--dimensional estimation procedures has been found.
8 pages, 6 figures