Observation of quantum coherence by means of temporal Bell-type inequalities

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-254

  Huelga, S F ^a,d   Marshall, T W ^b   Santos, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

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EID: 0031138556     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1997-00232-4     Document Type: Article

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