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Frontiers in Optics

Discrimination Between Optical Coherent States via a Closed-Loop Quantum Measurement

J. M. Geremia

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

I will describe our experimental progress toward implementing optical quantum state discrimination at the minimum quantum error probability, implemented via a closed-loop measurement. The procedure highlights the enabling role of quantum feedback in quantum information theoretic procedures.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2006.lwf2

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