Quantum state discrimination

Advances in Optics and Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-278

  Barnett, Stephen M ^a   Croke, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 63649130219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AOP.1.000238     Document Type: Review

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