Quantum information transfer using photons

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 356-363

  Northup, T E ^a   Blatt, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

BUILDING BLOCKES; CLASSICAL COMPUTING; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; QUANTUM COMPUTING; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM INFORMATION TRANSFER; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 84899570093     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.53     Document Type: Review

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