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We give a prescription for the measurement of the quantum phase distribution of a single-mode radiation field. The phase probability distribution is defined as the squared modulus of the photon wave function in the phase representation. The measurement involves all moments of the signal from the balanced homodyne detection.
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Dedicated to H. Walter on the occasion of his 60th birthday