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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Adaptive quantum state estimation of mixed states using photons

Satoshi Oyama, Minako Iefuji, Ryo Okamoto, Koichi Yamagata, Akio Fujiwara, Shigeki Takeuchi

Published Jun 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

Adaptive quantum state estimation of mixed state inputs is experimentally demonstrated. The theoretically predicted different behavior of the convergence of the estimated value between the pure and mixed state is confirmed.
DOI
10.1109/cleopr.2013.6600601

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