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arXiv:1605.02653 · Optics Communications

Multiple photon effective Hamiltonians in linear quantum optical networks

Juan Carlos García-Escartín, Vicent Gimeno, Julio José Moyano‐Fernández

Published Sep 3, 2018• 8 citations
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10.1016/j.optcom.2018.08.082

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