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. 2016 Aug 12;113(35):9740–9744. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524117113

Table S2.

Main sources of uncertainty in reconstructing the density matrix of the two-photon state, indicating the resulting maximum systematic error in the concurrence estimate

Variable Source Maximum relative uncertainty, % Maximum concurrence uncertainty
Quantum efficiency Fiber coupling, detector efficiency, frequency filter transmission 15 0.01
Control polarization Atom number fluctuation, atom loss 4 0.007
Signal reference phase estimation Reference fast phase fluctuation, shot noise 5 0.009
Signal power fluctuation Fiber optics, shot noise 4 0.002
Signal fringe normalization Power fluctuation, shot noise 5 0.005
Total error All of the above 0.016

The total systematic error should be compared with the statistical error of 0.005.