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Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem A. 2009 Apr 30;113(17):5251–5263. doi: 10.1021/jp8082908

FIG. 3 — Contours of constant information evaluated for different values of Δ and p for (𝕊,𝕆) equivalent to a likelihood, p, of determining a state, as indicated in the figure, that show the number of photons required to resolve two states that differ by Δ as defined by Eq. 12. The green p=0.95 line (n ≍ (ln(2)(𝕊, 𝕆))⁻¹) is used to convert information per photon to number of photons required for p=0.95.

Inline graphic — Contours of constant information evaluated for different values of Δ and p for (𝕊,𝕆) equivalent to a likelihood, p, of determining a state, as indicated in the figure, that show the number of photons required to resolve two states that differ by Δ as defined by Eq. 12. The green p=0.95 line (n ≍ (ln(2)(𝕊, 𝕆))⁻¹) is used to convert information per photon to number of photons required for p=0.95.