Decoherence of superpositions of displaced number states

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Dodonov, V V ^a   De Souza, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Displaced number states; Fokker Planck equation; Interference; Master equation; Phase insensitive quantum attenuators and amplifiers; Quantum oscillator; Relaxation; Superpositions; Wigner function

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COHERENT LIGHT; FUNCTIONS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); QUANTUM THEORY; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

DECOHERENCE; DISPLACED NUMBER STATES; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATIONS; INTERFERENCE; MASTER EQUATIONS; PHASE-INSENSITIVE QUANTUM ATTENUATORS AND AMPLIFIERS; QUANTUM OSCILLATORS; RELAXATION; SUPERPOSITIONS; WIGNER FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 29144480164     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: 17413575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/7/12/009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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