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Continuous-Variable Nonclassicality Detection under Coarse-Grained Measurement

Chan Roh, Young-Do Yoon, Jiyong Park, Young-Sik Ra

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally detect the nonclassicality of continuous-variable quantum states under coarse-grained measurement. Furthermore, we show that the coarse-grained measurement generally outperforms the ideal fine-grained measurement in nonclassicality detection.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.ftu4a.4

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