Loss of coherence in double-slit diffraction experiments

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Sanz, A S ^a   Borondo, F ^a   Bastiaans, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD NEUTRONS; DECOHERENCE; DOUBLE-SLIT DIFFRACTION EXPERIMENTS; QUANTUM-PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 26944486273     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.042103     Document Type: Article

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