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Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 080503 (2010) [4 pages]

Quantum Cloning for Absolute Radiometry

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Bruno Sanguinetti*, Enrico Pomarico, Pavel Sekatski, Hugo Zbinden, and Nicolas Gisin
Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 20 rue de l’Ecole-de-Médecine, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

Received 17 May 2010; published 17 August 2010

In the quantum regime information can be copied with only a finite fidelity. This fidelity gradually increases to 1 as the system becomes classical. In this Letter we show how this fact can be used to directly measure the amount of radiated power. We demonstrate how these principles can be used to build a practical primary standard.

© 2010 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.080503
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.080503
PACS:
03.67.-a, 06.20.fb, 07.60.Dq

*Bruno.Sanguinetti@unige.ch