Comment: There is no unmet requirement of optical coherence for continuous-variable quantum teleportation

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Wiseman, HM
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2003
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It has been argued that continuous-variable quantum teleportation at optical frequencies has not been achieved because the source used (a laser) was not 'truly coherent'. Here it is shown that 'true coherence' is always illusory, as the concept of absolute time on a scale beyond direct human experience is meaningless. A laser is as good a clock as any other, even in principle, and this objection to teleportation experiments is baseless.It has been argued that continuous-variable quantum teleportation at optical frequencies has not been achieved because the source used (a laser) was not 'truly coherent'. Here it is shown that 'true coherence' is always illusory, as the concept of absolute time on a scale beyond direct human experience is meaningless. A laser is as good a clock as any other, even in principle, and this objection to teleportation experiments is baseless.
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Journal Title
Journal of Modern Optics
Volume
50
Issue
11
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© 2003 Taylor & Francis. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Atomic, molecular and optical physics
Quantum physics
Nanotechnology