Journal of Optical Technology

Optical systems for preparing hierarchical states

В. Н. Горбачев, Andrew I. Trubilko, A. A. Rodichkina

Published May 1, 2005• 0 citations

Abstract

This paper discusses a system for preparing entangled states with hierarchical structure. The main resources are a set of two correlated physical systems, one of which consists of photons, semitransparent mirrors, and single-photon detectors. © 2005 Optical Society of America

DOI: 10.1364/jot.72.000369

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