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Nature Photonics 2, 461 - 462 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.142

Optical quantum information: The quantum information cocoon

Geoff J. Pryde1

  1. Geoff J. Pryde is in the Centre for Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, 4111, Australia.
    e-mail: g.pryde@griffith.edu.au


Polarization is a convenient way to encode quantum information for cryptography, remote transfer and optical quantum computing, but sharing entanglement is problematic over a noisy link. Hiding in an isolated corner of the state space can make a big difference.

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