Phase states and phase operators for the quantum harmonic oscillator

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-108

  Royer, Antoine ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0002442128     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.70     Document Type: Article

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