Cavity-loss-induced generation of entangled atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2468-2475

  Plenio, M B ^a   Huelga, S F ^a,b   Beige, A ^a   Knight, P L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ENTROPY; GROUND STATE; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

ATOMIC ENTANGLED STATE; PHOTON COUNT; RELATIVE ENTROPY; TWO-LEVEL ATOM;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0001145134     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.2468     Document Type: Article

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