Testing the symmetrization postulate for photons using Rydberg atoms and cavity QED

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4126-4130

  Gerry, Christopher C ^a   Hilborn, Robert C ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0001340267     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4126     Document Type: Article

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