How to measure the decoherence of a micromaser field under well controlled conditions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Rinner, S ^a   Walther, H ^a   Werner, E ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM OPTICS;

COUPLING STRENGTH; DECOHERENCE; ELECTRONIC STATES; MICROMASER CAVITY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 19644400526     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.160407     Document Type: Review

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