Measurement-induced relative-position localization through entanglement

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5636, 2003, Pages 1081-1084

  Rau, A V ^a   Dunningham, J A ^a   Burnett, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING;

RELATIVE-POSITION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0041429228     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084867     Document Type: Article

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