Experimental Demonstration of Zero-Photon Subtraction

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3269-1091
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2022

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C. M. Nunn, S. U. Shringarpure, J. D. Franson, and T. B. Pittman, "Experimental Demonstration of Zero-Photon Subtraction," in Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2022), paper QTh4B.2. https://doi.org/10.1364/QUANTUM.2022.QTh4B.2

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We demonstrate conditional attenuation of quantum optical states by subtracting zero photons at a variable beam splitter. The attenuation exhibits an interesting dependence on initial photon statistics that mirrors the effects of single-photon subtraction.