Measuring the quantum state of an electromagnetic field using the atomic Talbot effect

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 480-486

  Rohwedder, B ^a   Davidovich, L ^a   Zagury, N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001626708     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.480     Document Type: Article

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