A method for characterizing quantum measurement devices completes the suite of 'tomography techniques', which should enable us to learn all there is to know about a given quantum-physics experiment.
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Aspelmeyer, M. Measured measurement. Nature Phys 5, 11–12 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1170
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