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Mapping Qubit Protocols to Coherent-State Protocols in Quantum Communication

Juan Miguel Arrazola, Norbert Lütkenhaus

Published Jan 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

We introduce a general mapping for encoding quantum communication protocols involving pure states of multiple qubits, into another set of protocols that employ coherent states of light, linear optics transformations and measurements with single-photon threshold detectors.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2014.fm4a.8

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