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In spite of decades of effort, it has not yet been possible to create single-mode multiphoton states of light with high success probability and near unity fidelity.
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In fact all results can be extended to separations of λ a / 2 \lambda_{\rm a}/2
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See Supplementary material for full details of the calculations of probabilities and fidelities of the protocols discussed in the main text
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