Preparing Fock states in the micromaser

Optics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-144

  Brattke, Simon ^a   Varcoe, Ben T H ^a   Walther, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); STATISTICAL METHODS;

EIGEN FREQUENCIES; FOCK STATES; MICROMASERS; SQUEEZED STATES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0000113282     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.8.000131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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