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The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting

Optical communication with invisible photons

Hatim Salih, Zheng-Hong Li, M. Al-Amri, Muhammad Suhail Zubairy

Published Jan 1, 2013• 1 citation
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Abstract

It has long been assumed physical particles have to travel between two parties in empty space for exchanging information. However, by using the “chained” quantum Zeno effect, we show, in the ideal asymptotic limit, information can be transferred without any physical carriers.
DOI
10.1364/cqo.2013.t4b.1

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