Physica C Superconductivity

Reading-out the state of a qubit: an analysis of the quantum measurement process

Gerd Schön, Yuriy Makhlin, Alexander Shnirman

Published Apr 1, 2001• 2 citations

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DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4534(00)01704-4

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