Quantum jumps in a two-level atom: Simple theories versus quantum trajectories

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2474-2490

  Wiseman, H M ^a   Toombes, G E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

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EID: 0001212585     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.2474     Document Type: Article

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