Optical coherence and teleportation: Why a laser is a clock, not a quantum channel

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5111, Issue , 2003, Pages 78-91

  Wiseman, Howard M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clock synchronization; Laser linewidth; Optical coherence; Quantum channel; Quantum optics; Quantum teleportation; Super selection rules

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ERRORS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTONS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; HEISENBERG-LIMITED LASER; MEAN-SQUARE ERROR; QUANTUM CHANNEL; QUANTUM TELEPORTATION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0042326167     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.497090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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