Quantum-limited measurement and information in mesoscopic detectors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Clerk, A A ^a   Girvin, S M ^a   Stone, A D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0041290285     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.165324     Document Type: Article

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