Preparing pure photon number states of the radiation field

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6771, 2000, Pages 743-746

  Varcoe, B T H ^a   Brattke, S ^a,b   Weldinger, M ^a   Walther, H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CALCULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION FIELD; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034677508     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001526     Document Type: Article

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