Abstract
Nonclassical states of light are necessary resources for quantum technologies such as cryptography, computation and the definition of metrological standards. Distinguishing nonclassical states from those that can be described without invoking quantum mechanics is both a necessary practical task and of fundamental interest. In general, signatures of nonclassicality arise from apparently pathological behaviour of the quasi-probability distributions used to describe the states [1]. While tomographic reconstruction of the state is therefore sufficient to show non-classicality, it is often more convenient to probe photon-counting statistics of on-off detectors directly. This is formalised by the Mandel Q-parameter QM = 〈∆n〉/〈n〉− 1, which is negative for sub-Poissonian statistics arising from nonclassical states. However, the Mandel Q-parameter can fail when using a multiplexed array of on-off detectors to measure states with several photons; splitting in this manner can corrupt its original statistics. A new parameter, can be used to witness nonclassicality directly from such click statistics [2]. For QB < 0, such statistics are thus deemed sub-binomial and therefore arise from a nonclassical state.
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