Scheme to probe the decoherence of a macroscopic object

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3204-3210

  Bose, S ^a   Jacobs, K ^a   Knight, P L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000526956     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3204     Document Type: Article

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