Quantum decoherence versus classical depolarization in nanohole arrays

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Altewischer, E ^a   Oei, Y C ^a   Van Exter, M P ^a   Woerdman, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 27144459953     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.013817     Document Type: Article

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