Optimal quantum cloning and universal NOT without quantum gates

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 47-2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-246

  Simon, Christoph ^a   Weihs, Gregor ^a   Zeilinger, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STIMULATED EMISSION; VECTORS;

PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSION; QUANTUM CLONING; QUANTUM GATES; SUPERLUMINAL SIGNALLING;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0034652044     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340008244038     Document Type: Article

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