Photon polarization measurements without the quantum Zeno effect

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 475-481

  Kidambi, V ^a   Widom, A ^a   Lerner, C ^a   Srivastava, Y N ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0034417741     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19462     Document Type: Article

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