“Counterfactual” quantum protocols
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“Counterfactual” quantum protocols
The counterfactuality of recently proposed protocols is analyzed. A definition of ‘counterfactuality’ is offered and it is argued that an interaction-free measurement of the presence of an opaque object can be named ‘counterfactual’, while proposed “counterfactual” measurements of the absence of such objects are not counterfactual. The quantum key distribution protocols which rely only on measu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Quantum Information
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0219-7499,1793-6918
DOI: 10.1142/s0219749916400128