Testing Robertson spin intelligence with lossless beam splitters

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1572-1576

  Campos, Richard A ^a   Gerry, Christopher C ^b  

^a Hudson Valley Research Park   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 18344365758     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.1572     Document Type: Article

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