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A minimum-disturbing quantum state discriminator

Francesco Buscemi, Massimiliano Federico Sacchi

Published Jan 1, 2006• 1 citation
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Abstract

Abstract. We propose two experimental schemes for quantum state discrimination that achieve the optimal tradeoff between the probability of correct identification and the disturbance on the quantum state. 1.

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