Arbitrary precision in multipath interferometry

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2267-2271

  D'Ariano, Giacomo M ^a   Paris, Matteo G A ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 0007312887     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.2267     Document Type: Article

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