School of Mathematics and Physics

Honorary Professor William Munro

Honorary Professor
School of Mathematics and Physics

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (31)
Conference Papers (9)
Preprints (13)

Book Chapter

Munro, William John, Dias, Josephine and Nemoto, Kae (2021). Collective Effects in Hybrid Quantum Systems. Quantum Science and Technology. (pp. 43-60) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-6679-7_3

Journal Articles

Dias, Josephine, Winnel, Matthew S., Munro, William J., Ralph, T. C. and Nemoto, Kae (2022). Distributing entanglement in first-generation discrete- and continuous-variable quantum repeaters. Physical Review A, 106 (5) 052604, 1-9. doi: 10.1103/physreva.106.052604
Rohde, Peter P., Munro, William J., Ralph, Timothy C., van Loock, Peter and Nemoto, Kae (2008). Practical effects in the preparation of cluster states using weak non-linearities. Quantum Information & Computation, 8 (1 & 2), 0053-0067.
Kok, Pieter, Munro, W. J., Nemoto, K.ae, Ralph, T. C.,, Dowling, Jonathon P. and Milburn, G. J. (2007). Linear optical quantum computing with photonic qubits. Reviews of Modern Physics, 79 (1), 135-174. doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.79.135
Gilchrist, A., Nemoto, K., Munro, W. J., Ralph, T. C., Glancy, S., Braunstein, S. L. and Milburn, G. J. (2004). Schrodinger cats and their power for quantum information processing. Journal of Optics B- Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, 6 (8), S828-S833. doi: 10.1088/1464-4266/6/8/032
Ralph, T. C., Gilchrist, A., Milburn, G. J., Munro, W. J. and Glancy, S. (2003). Quantum computation with optical coherent states. Physical Review A, 68 (4) 042319, 042319-1-042319-11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.042319
Munro, W. J., Nemoto, K., Milburn, G. J. and Braunstein, S. L. (2002). Weak-force detection with superposed coherent states. Physical Review A, 66 (2) 023819, 023819-1-023819--6. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.023819
Gilchrist, A., White, A. G. and Munro, W. J. (2002). Entanglement creation using quantum interrogation. Physical Review A, 66 (1) 012106, 012106-1-012106-7. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.012106
Thew, R., Nemoto, K., White, A. G. and Munro, W.J. (2002). Qudit quantum-state tomography. Physical Review A, 66 (1) 012303, 012303-1-012303-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.012303
Reid, M. D., Munro, W. J. and De Martini, F. (2002). Violation of multiparticle Bell inequalities for low- and high-flux parametric amplification using both vacuum and entangled input states. Physical Review A, 66 (3) 033801, 338011-3380110. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.033801
Ralph, T. C., White, A. G., Munro, W. J. and Milburn, G. J. (2002). Simple scheme for efficient linear optics quantum gates. Physical Review A, 65 (1) 012314, 012314-1-012314-6. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.012314
Nemoto, K., Holmes, C. A., Milburn, G. J. and Munro, W. J. (2001). Quantum dynamics of three coupled atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A, 63 (1) 013604, 013604-1-013604-6. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.013604
Munro, W. J., James, D. F. V., White, A. G. and Kwiat, P. G. (2001). Maximizing the Entanglement of Two Mixed Qubits. Physical Review A, 64 (3) 030302, 030302-1-030302-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.030302
White, A. G., James, D. F. V., Munro, W. J. and Kwiat, P. G. (2001). Exploring Hilbert Space: Accurate Characterisation of Quantum Information. Physical Review a, 65 (1) 012301, 012301-1-012301-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.012301
Munro, W. J., Nemoto, K. and White, A. G. (2001). The Bell Inequality and Entanglement: a measure of entanglement?. Journal of Modern Optics, 48 (7), 1239-1246. doi: 10.1080/095003400110034532
Thew, R. T. and Munro, W. J. (2001). Mixed state entanglement: manipulating polarization-entangled photons. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 64 (2) 022320, 022320.1-022320.11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.022320
Thew, R. T. and Munro, W. J. (2001). Entanglement manipulation and concentration. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 63 (3) 0303021, 303021-303024. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.030302
Cochrane, P. T., Milburn, G. J. and Munro, W. J. (2000). Teleportation using coupled oscillator states. Physical Review A, 62 (6) 062307, 062307-1-062307-8. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.062307
Pope, D. T., Drummond, P. D. and Munro, W. J. (2000). Disagreement between correlations of quantum mechanics and stochastic electrodynamics in the damped parametric oscillator. Physical Review A, 62 (4) 042108, 042108-1-042108-16. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.042108
Munro, W. J., Milburn, G. J. and Sanders, B. C. (2000). Entangled coherent-state qubits in an ion trap. Physical Review A, 62 (052108) 052108, 1-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.052108
Rungta, P., Munro, W. J., Nemoto, K., Deuar, P. and Milburn, G. J. (2000). Qudit entanglement. Lecture Notes in Physics, 561, 149-164.
Deuar, P., Munro, W. J. and Nemoto, K. (2000). Upper bound on the region of separable states near the maximally mixed state. Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, 2 (3), 225-229. doi: 10.1088/1464-4266/2/3/302
Ralph, T. C., Munro, W. J. and Polkinghorne, R. E. S. (2000). Proposal for the measurement of Bell-type correlations from continuous variables. Physical Review Letters, 85 (10), 2035-2039. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2035
de Oliveira, M. C. and Munro, W. J. (2000). Quantum computation with mesoscopic superposition states. Physical Review A, 61 (4) 042309, 042309-1-042309-9. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.042309
Deuar, P. and Munro, W. J. (2000). Quantum copying can increase the practically available information. Physical Review A, 62 (4) 042304, 042304-1-042304-9. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.042304
Beige, Almut, Munro, William J. and Knight, Peter L. (2000). Bell's inequality test with entangled atoms. Physical Review A, 62 (5), 052102-1-052102-9. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.052102
Deuar, P. and Munro, W. J. (2000). Information transfer and fidelity in quantum copiers. Physical Review A, 61 (6) 062304, 1-13. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.062304
Munro, W. J. (1999). Discrete phase measurements and the Bell inequality. Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, 1 (6), 655-661. doi: 10.1088/1464-4266/1/6/307
Munro, W. J. (1999). Optimal states for Bell-inequality violations using quadrature-phase homodyne measurements. Physical Review A, 59 (6), 4197-4201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.4197
Deuar, P. and Munro, W. J. (1999). Improving detectors using entangling quantum copiers. Physical Review A, 61 (1) 010306, 010306-1-010306-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.010306
Munro, W. J. and Milburn, G. J. (1998). Characterizing Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger correlations in nondegenerate parametric oscillation via phase measurements. Physical Review Letters, 81 (20), 4285-4288. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4285
Schneider, S., Wiseman, H. M., Munro, W. J. and Milburn, G. J. (1998). Measurement and state preparation via ion trap quantum computing. Fortschritte Der Physik-Progress of Physics, 46 (4-5), 391-399. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3978(199806)46:4/5<391::AID-PROP391>3.3.CO;2-S

Conference Papers

Nemoto, K., Gilchrist, A. G., Munro, W. J., Ralph, T. C., Braunstein, S. L. and Milburn, G. J. (2003). Quantum information processing with Schrodinger cats. Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2 June, 2003. Bellingham, USA: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.497230
Ralph, T. C., Munro, W. J. and Milburn, G. J. (2003). Quantum computation based on linear optics. Quantum Optics in Computing and Communications, Shanghai, China, 16 October 2002. Bellingham, USA: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.483016
Ralph, T. C., Munro, W. J. and Polkinghorne, R. (2000). Bell-type correlations from continuous variable measurements. AIP 2000, Adelaide University, 10-15 Dec, 2000. Australia: Australian Institute of Physics.
White, A. G., Munro, W. J., James, D. F. V. and Kwiat, P. G. (2000). Beyond Werner: making optimally entangled arbitrary purity states. 2000 IQEC, Nice Acropolis, France, 10-15 September, 2000. US: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/iqec.2000.907784
Munro, W. J. and Deuar, P. (2000). Entangling quantum copiers: An application to improving detection efficiency. QELS 2000, The Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California, 7-12 May, 2000. US: Optical Society of America.
White, A. G., James, D. F. V., Munro, W. J. and Kwiat, P. G. (2000). Measuring entanglement and entanglement measures. QELS 2000, The Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California, 7-12 May, 2000. US: Optical Society of America.
Pope, D., Drummond, P. D. and Munro, W. J. (1999). Disagreement between semiclassical and quantum mechanical correlations in the damped nondegenerate parametric oscillator. Australian Optical Society 1999 Conference, Univ. of Sydney, 6-9 July, 1999. Sydney: Aust. Optical Society.
Munro, W. J. and Milburn, G. J. (1999). Phase measurement tests of quantum mechanics. Mysteries, Puzzles, and Paradoxes in Quantum Mechanics, Lake Garda, Italy, August - September, 1998. New York, N.Y. U.S.A.: American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1063/1.57869
Nemoto, K., Milburn, G. J. and Munro, W. J. (1999). Three coupled atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 1999, Baltimore, USA, 23-28 May, 1999. USA: Optical Society of America, American Physical Society. doi: 10.1109/qels.1999.807321

Preprints

Gilchrist, A., Nemoto, Kae, Munro, W. J., Ralph, T. C., Glancy, S., Braunstein, Samuel L. and Milburn, G. J. (2003). Schrodinger Cats and Their Power for Quantum Information Processing.
Nemoto, Kae, Munro, W. J., Milburn, G. J. and Braunstein, S. L. (2003). Quantum Metrology: Detection of Weak Forces using Schrodinger Cat Resources.
Ralph, T. C., Gilchrist, A., Milburn, G. J., Munro, W. J. and Glancy, S. (2003). Quantum Computation With Optical Coherent States.
Munro, W. J., Nemoto, K., Milburn, Gerard J. and Braunstein, S. L. (2002). Weak Force Detection with Superposed Coherent States.
Thew, R. T., Nemoto, K., White, A. G. and Munro, W. J. (2002). Qudit Quantum State Tomography.
Ralph, T. C., Munro, W. J. and Milburn, Gerard J. (2001). Quantum Computation with Coherent States, Linear Interactions and Superposed Resources.
Nemoto, K., Holmes, C. A., Milburn, Gerard J. and Munro, W. J. (2000). Quantum Dynamics of Three Coupled Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates.
Munro, W. J., Milburn, Gerard J. and Sanders, B. C. (2000). Entangled Coherent State Qubits in an Ion Trap.
Cochrane, P. T., Milburn, Gerard J. and Munro, W. J. (2000). Teleportation Using Coupled Oscillator States.
Rungta, P., Munro, W. J., Nemoto, K., Deuar, P., Milburn, Gerard J. and Caves, C. M. (2000). Qudit Entanglement.
Munro, W. J. and Milburn, Gerard J. (1998). Characterizing GHZ Correlations in Nondegenerate Parametric Oscillation via Phase Measurements.
Cochrane, P. T., Milburn, Gerard J. and Munro, W. J. (1998). Macroscopically Distinct Quantum Superposition States as a Bosonic Code for Amplitude Damping.
Schneider, Sara, Wiseman, H. M., Munro, W. J. and Milburn, Gerard J. (1997). Measurement and State Preparation Via Ion Trap Quantum Computing.

Areas of research

Quantum science