Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition-edge sensors

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Smith, Devin H ^a   Gillett, Geoff ^a   De Almeida, Marcelo P ^a   Branciard, Cyril ^a   Fedrizzi, Alessandro ^a   Weinhold, Till J ^a   Lita, Adriana ^b   Calkins, Brice ^b   Gerrits, Thomas ^b   Wiseman, Howard M ^c   Nam, Sae Woo ^b   White, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR SENSOR; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM STEERING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION EDGE SENSOR; SUPERCONDUCTOR; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84863011012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1628     Document Type: Article

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