Phase estimation without a priori phase knowledge in the presence of loss

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kołodyński, Jan ^a   Demkowicz Dobrzański, Rafał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FACTORS; ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTIES; LOWER BOUNDS; OPTIMAL SCHEME; PHASE ESTIMATION; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; QUANTUM PHASE ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 78649586246     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.053804     Document Type: Article

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