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View SchemaHow many photons are needed to distinguish two transparencies?
| Authors | Graeme Mitchison, Serge Massar, Stefano Pironio |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0105098 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0105098 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.022110 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 65, 022110 (2002) |
Abstract
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.
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