Emergence of Classical Radiation Fields through Decoherence in the Scully-Lamb Laser Model

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 531-548

  Gea Banacloche, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0032365794     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018729904161     Document Type: Article

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