Use of maximally entangled N-photon states for practical quantum interferometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1336-1340

  Gilbert, Gerald ^a   Hamrick, Michael ^a   Weinstein, Yaakov S ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATTENUATING MEDIUM; HEISENBERG LIMIT; NOON STATE; PHASE ESTIMATION; PHOTON STATE; QUANTUM INTERFEROMETRY; SEPARABLE STATE; STANDARD QUANTUM LIMITS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 55149087039     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001336     Document Type: Article

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