Experimental determination of entanglement with a single measurement

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7087, 2006, Pages 1022-1024

  Walborn, S P ^a   Souto Ribeiro, P H ^a   Davidovich, L ^a   Mintert, F ^a,b   Buchleitner, A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LIGHT POLARIZATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PHOTONS;

BELL INEQUALITIES; LINEAR OPTICS; QUANTUM STATES; QUANTUM TELEPORTATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33646168800     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04627     Document Type: Article

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