Generation of mesoscopic superpositions of two squeezed states of motion for a trapped ion

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 3719-3723

  Gou, S C ^a   Steinbach, J ^a   Knight, P L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000823548     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.3719     Document Type: Article

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