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arXiv:1711.10878 · Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy

Quantum state tomography for generic pure states

Shilin Huang, Jianxin Chen, Youning Li, Bei Zeng

Published Aug 27, 2018• 11 citations
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10.1007/s11433-018-9223-2

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