Decoherence of quantum superpositions through coupling to engineered reservoirs

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6767, 2000, Pages 269-273

  Myatt, C J ^a,b   King, B E ^a   Turchette, Q A ^a   Sackett, C A ^a   Kielpinskl, D ^a   Itano, W M ^a   Monroe, C ^a   Wineland, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOLUTION; GEOMETRY; INTERFEROMETER; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0034688284     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35002001     Document Type: Article

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