Toward a full reconstruction of density matrix by on/off measurements

The knowledge of density matrix is fundamental for several applications, ranging from quantum information to the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum optics. Nevertheless, quantum tomography based on homodyne detection is a rather complicated technique when applied to short pulses in photocounting regime. In this paper, we present an experimental work addressed to test an innovative scheme for a full reconstruction of the density matrix by using on/off detection coupled to phase measurements respect to a local oscillator.