Optimal phase estimation for qubits in mixed states

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  D'Ariano, Giacomo Mauro ^a   MacChiavello, Chiara ^a   Perinotti, Paolo ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE ESTIMATION; QUBITS;

ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 28844500749     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.042327     Document Type: Article

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