Manipulating the non-Gaussianity of phase-randomized coherent states

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 24850-24855

  Allevi, Alessia ^a   Olivares, Stefano ^b   Bondani, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STATE; DIRECT DETECTION; LINEAR DETECTORS; MESOSCOPICS; NON-GAUSSIAN FEATURES; NONGAUSSIANITY; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS; WIGNER FUNCTIONS;

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868225198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.024850     Document Type: Article

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