Single-atom and two-atom Ramsey interferometry with quantized fields

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438071-438079

  Agarwal, G S ^a   Pathak, P K ^a   Scully, M O ^b,c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRODYNAMICS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTONS;

QUANTIZATION;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA;

EID: 0038647332     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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