Dynamics of decoherence in continuous atom-optical quantum nondemolition measurements

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Onofrio, Roberto ^a   Viola, Lorenza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0002607293     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.69     Document Type: Article

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