Decoherence in a driven three-level system

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 521021-521026

  Rau, A R P ^a   Zhao, Weichang ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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QUANTUM THEORY;

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