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Quantum limits of measurements and uncertainty principle

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Quantum Aspects of Optical Communications

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Ozawa, M. (1991). Quantum limits of measurements and uncertainty principle. In: Bendjaballah, C., Hirota, O., Reynaud, S. (eds) Quantum Aspects of Optical Communications. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 378. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53862-3_161

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