Quantum and classical fidelities for Gaussian states

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-362

  Jeong, Hyunseok ^a   Ralph, Timothy C ^a   Bowen, Warwick P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CLASSICAL FIDELITY; QUANTUM FIDELITY; QUANTUM INFORMATION PROTOCOLS;

QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

EID: 33947242738     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000355     Document Type: Article

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