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arXiv:cond-mat/0401484 · Physical Review Letters

Mesoscopic Quadratic Quantum Measurements

Wenjin Mao, D. V. Averin, Rusko Ruskov, Alexander N. Korotkov

Published Jul 29, 2004• 47 citations
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Abstract

We develop a theory of quadratic quantum measurements by a mesoscopic detector. It is shown that the quadratic measurements should have nontrivial quantum information properties, providing, for instance, a simple way of entangling two noninteracting qubits. We also calculate the output spectrum of a detector with both linear and quadratic response, continuously monitoring two qubits.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.93.056803

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