Experimental quantum-enhanced estimation of a lossy phase shift

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 357-360

  Kacprowicz, M ^a   Demkowicz Dobrzanski R ^a,b   Wasilewski, W ^b   Banaszek, K ^a,b   Walmsley, I A ^c  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HEISENBERG LIMIT; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE DETERMINATION; PHASE ESTIMATION; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; PRECISION METROLOGY; QUANTUM INFORMATION;

LIGHT SOURCES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 77954267149     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.39     Document Type: Article

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