Experimental investigation of the uncertainty principle in the presence of quantum memory and its application to witnessing entanglement

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 757-761

  Prevedel, Robert ^a   Hamel, Deny R ^a   Colbeck, Roger ^b   Fisher, Kent ^a   Resch, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 80053607458     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2048     Document Type: Article

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