Embedded Bell-state analysis

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages R2623-R2626

  Kwiat, Paul G ^a   Weinfurter, Harald ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 0001442610     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R2623     Document Type: Article

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