Generation of mesoscopic quantum superpositions through Kerr-stimulated degenerate downconversion

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 662-667

  Paris, Matteo G A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE MODULATION;

KERR INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM SUPERPOSITIONS; SCHROEDINGER CAT-LIKE STATES; SQUEEZED STATES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0033320227     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/1/6/308     Document Type: Article

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