A review article entitled "Multiphoton Entanglement and Interferometry" authored by PAN Jianwei, CHEN Zengbing and LU Chaoyang from the USTC was published in Reviews of Modern Physics on May12th.This is so far the first experimental review paper published in Reviews of Modern Physics from Chinese Mainland authors.
Reviews of Modern Physics is a prestigious journal published by American Physical Society with an impact factor exceeding 50 in 2010. Its review articles, mostly invited, offer in-depth treatment of a research area, surveying recent work, and providing an introduction aimed at wide audiences.
PAN et al.'s 62-page-long invited paper reviewed the principles and experimental techniques for manipulation of multiphoton entanglement, with the emphasis given on the creation of photonic entanglement of various forms, tests of the completeness of quantum mechanics, quantum information protocols for quantum communication and quantum computation with linear optics. Many of the work described in the review are steps toward the ultimate goals:long-distance quantum communication and scalable optical quantum computing.
(XU Chenguang, School of Physical Sciences)