Preparation and decoherence of superpositions of electromagnetic field states

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 377-386

  Breuer, H P ^a   Dorner, U ^a   Petruccione, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Istituto Italiano Per Gli Studi Filosofici Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

CAT STATE; COHERENT FIELDS; DECOHERENCE; DISSIPATIVE DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIELD STATE; HIGH-Q CAVITY; MASTER EQUATIONS; MESOSCOPIC SUPERPOSITION; SOLVABLE MODEL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0035377040     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100530170206     Document Type: Article

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