Quantum superpositions of clockwise and counterclockwise supercurrent states in the dynamics of an rf-SQUID exposed to a quantized electromagnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Migliore, R ^a   Messina, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0037763859     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.134505     Document Type: Article

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