Generation of optical macroscopic quantum superposition states via state reduction with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer containing a Kerr medium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 4095-4098

  Gerry, Christopher C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0000752697     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.4095     Document Type: Article

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