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View SchemaMeasuring non-linear functionals of quantum harmonic oscillator states
| Authors | K. L. Pregnell |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0507076 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507076 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.060501 |
Abstract
Using only linear interactions and a local parity measurement we show how entanglement can be detected between two harmonic oscillators. The scheme generalizes to measure both linear and non-linear functionals of an arbitrary oscillator state. This leads to many applications including purity tests, eigenvalue estimation, entropy and distance measures - all without the need for non-linear interactions or complete state reconstruction. Remarkably, experimental realization of the proposed scheme is already within the reach of current technology with linear optics.
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