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A game of quantum catch

Ian S. Osborne

Published May 18, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

Quantum Optics
Realization of a quantum communication network or quantum internet will depend on the ability to successfully transfer quantum states between nodes of the network. Photons are expected to be the carriers of that information, but scattering losses and a mismatch between sender and
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10.1126/science.356.6339.713-g

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