Homodyne measurement of the average photon number
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Homodyne measurement of the average photon number
J. G. Webb, T. C. Ralph, and E. H. Huntington Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University College, The University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600, Australia Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia Received 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review A
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1050-2947,1094-1622
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.73.033808