Dynamical suppression of decoherence in two-state quantum systems

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2733-2744

  Viola, Lorenza ^a   Lloyd, Seth ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0000052107     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.2733     Document Type: Article

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