Retrodictive quantum optical state engineering
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Retrodictive quantum optical state engineering
Although it has been known for some time that quantum mechanics can be formulated in a way that treats prediction and retrodiction on an equal footing, most attention in engineering quantum states has been devoted to predictive states, that is, states associated with a preparation event. Retrodictive states, which are associated with a measurement event and propagate backwards in time, are also...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Modern Optics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0950-0340,1362-3044
DOI: 10.1080/09500340410001648492