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This chapter describes the nondestructive detection of optical photons using the controlled phase gate mechanism explained in Sect. 1.2 and Chap. 4. The contents of the following sections have been published in [1]: Nondestructive Detection of an Optical Photon. Reiserer et al. Science 342, 1349 (2013).

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Reiserer, A. (2016). Nondestructive Detection of an Optical Photon. In: A Controlled Phase Gate Between a Single Atom and an Optical Photon. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26548-3_5

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