Quasiprobability and probability distributions for spin-1/2 states

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-117

  Terra Cunha, M O ^a   Man'ko, V I ^b   Scully, M O ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quasiprobability distributions; Spin 1 2 states; Tomography of spin states; Wigner functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037500782     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012373419313     Document Type: Article

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