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Optics Communications

Propagation of quantum states of light through absorbing and amplifying media

Robert W. Boyd, G. S. Agarwal, Kam Wai Clifford Chan, Anand K. Jha, Malcolm N. O’Sullivan

Published Apr 8, 2008• 21 citations
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10.1016/j.optcom.2008.03.022

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