Parameter estimation of quantum channels

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5172-5185

  Ji, Zhengfeng ^a,b   Wang, Guoming ^a   Duan, Runyao ^a   Feng, Yuan ^a   Ying, Mingsheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE   (China)

Author keywords

Heisenberg limit; Parameter estimation; Programmable gates; Quantum channels; Standard quantum limit

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STANDARDS;

HEISENBERG LIMIT; NO SPEEDUPS; NONUNITARY; PROGRAMMABLE GATES; QUANTUM CHANNELS; STANDARD QUANTUM LIMIT; STANDARD QUANTUM LIMITS;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 55349105485     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2008.929940     Document Type: Article

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