Quantum superposition of parametrically amplified multiphoton pure states

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 250, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 15-19

  De Martini, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CORRELATION FUNCTION; DECOHERENCE; MULTIPHOTONS; PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION; PURE STATE; QUANTUM SUPERPOSITIONS; WIGNER FUNCTIONS;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 0347029873     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00746-4     Document Type: Article

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