Quantum communication without the necessity of quantum memories

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 777-781

  Munro, W J ^a,b   Stephens, A M ^b   Devitt, S J ^b   Harrison, K A ^c   Nemoto, Kae ^b  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^c Kismet Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; GATE OPERATION; QUANTUM DATA; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM MEMORY; QUANTUM PHYSICS; REMOTE LOCATION;

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84868561062     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.243     Document Type: Article

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