Generation and properties of collective atomic Schrödinger-cat states

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2390-2396

  Gerry, Christopher C ^a   Grobe, Rainer ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000488304     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2390     Document Type: Article

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