Mapping two-qubit operators onto projective geometries

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Rau, A R P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLIFFORD ALGEBRA; DESIGN THEORY; ENTANGLED STATE; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; PAULI SPIN MATRICES; PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY; PROJECTIVE PLANES; QUANTUM SPIN; SUBALGEBRAS; TWO-QUBIT;

QUANTUM OPTICS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ALGEBRA;

EID: 65649106248     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.042323     Document Type: Article

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