Direct measurement of the Wigner function by photon counting

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 674-677

  Banaszek, K ^a   Radzewicz, C ^a   Wodkiewicz K ^a   Krasinski J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001446129     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.674     Document Type: Article

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