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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Nonlocal photon number states for quantum metrology

Markus Aspelmeyer, Philip John Walther, Thomas D. Jennewein, Anton Zeilinger

Published Oct 19, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

Quantum metrology utilizes nonclassical states (of light) to outperform the accuracy limits of its classical counterpart. We demonstrate the relevance of photon number Fock states and polarization entanglement for the experimental realization of interferometric quantum metrology applications.
DOI
10.1117/12.561460

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