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Anton Zeilinger

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations

Abstract

Quantum imaging and the role of informationEntangled quantum states provide novel ways for nonlocal imaging. Well known is ghost imaging where the image appears for a photon entangled with the one which interacts with the object. Most recently, it was seen that exploiting just the product state nature of photon pairs, one can obtain imaging where the photon interacting with the object does not even have to be detected.In this lecture, I will discuss particularly the role of information in th...

DOI: 10.4000/annuaire-cdf.12702

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