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Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)

From non-local measurements to photon-photon interactions

Aharon Brodutch, Eliahu Cohen

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present a scheme to generate an effective interaction Hamiltonian for systems that cannot interact directly and show how it can be used in scenarios such as non-local measurements and photon-photon interactions.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2017.qt4c.3

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