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Experimental demonstration of fundamental bounds in quantum measurements for estimating quantum states

Hyang‐Tag Lim, Yong-Sik Ra, Kang-Hee Hong, Seung-Woo Lee, Yoon-Ho Kim

Published Jan 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

We investigate the conditions of an optimal measurement for estimating quantum states with minimal disturbance and maximal reversibility, and experimentally implement it in three-dimensional quantum states encoded by the single photon’s polarization and path.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2014.fth4a.6

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