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Frontiers in Optics

Quantum Optical Information Networks

Pieter Kok

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

I review the physics of optical quantum information networks and give an overview of progress to date. I will focus on the requirements of good optical quantum memories and the challenge of producing distributed entanglement.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2013.fm4d.3

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