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Frontiers in Optics

Quantum Information Networks: Present and Future

Akira Furusawa

Published Jan 1, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

There are two aspects of quantum information networks; global networks of classical information with quantum channels and quantum local area networks of quantum information. We are investigating both aspects from the view points of Gaussian and non-Gaussian operations.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2005.fwm3

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