Journal of Modern OpticsIntroductionVladimír Bužek, Mark S. HilleryPublished Feb 10, 2010• 0 citationsPublisherAbstractThis special issue of the Journal of Modern Optics is focused on quantum state and process discrimination. The field began with the seminal work of Helstrom in 1976 in his book Quantum Detection an...DOI10.1080/09500341003672353