Generating entangled superpositions of macroscopically distinguishable states within a parametric oscillator

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1636-1651

  De Martini, Francesco ^a,b   Fortunato, Mauro ^b,c   Tombesi, Paolo ^b,c   Vitali, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

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EID: 0008115343     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.1636     Document Type: Article

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