Published February 2002
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Journal article
Minimum number of photons needed to distinguish two transparencies
- 1. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH (United Kingdom)
- 2. Service de Physique Theorique, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Code Postal 225, Boulevard du Triomphe, B1050 Brussels (Belgium)
Description
We give a bound on the minimum number of photons that must be absorbed by any quantum protocol to distinguish between two transparencies. We show how a quantum Zeno method in which the angle of rotation is varied at each iteration can attain this bound in certain situations
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.022110;
- arXiv
- arXiv:quant-ph/0105098v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 65
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 022110-022110.6
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36027553
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ITERATIVE METHODS; OPACITY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROTATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; CALCULATION METHODS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MECHANICS; MOTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2002 The American Physical Society