Two-mode quantum-optical state measurement: Sampling the joint density matrix

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2397-2401

  Raymer, M G ^a   McAlister, D F ^a   Leonhardt, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0001299705     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.2397     Document Type: Article

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