Reversing the weak quantum measurement for a photonic qubit

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 11978-11985

  Kim, Yong Su ^a   Cho, Young Wook ^a   Ra, Young Sik ^a   Kim, Yoon Ho ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

(270.5565) Quantum communications; (270.5570) Quantum detectors; (270.5585) Quantum information and processing

Indexed keywords

LOGIC GATES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

COLLAPSE STRENGTH; INFORMATION ERASURE; INFORMATION GAIN; QUANTUM DETECTORS; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM PROCESS TOMOGRAPHY; WEAK MEASUREMENTS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 67650523819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011978     Document Type: Article

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