Quantum erasure within the optical Stern-Gerlach model

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 5 B, 2004, Pages

  Chianello, M ^a   Tumminello, M ^a   Vaglica, A ^a   Vetri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COHERENT LIGHT; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HAMILTONIANS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OSCILLATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DECOHERENCE EFFECTS; PHASE-SPACE ANALYSIS; STERN-GERLACH MODELS; WIGNER FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 3042840804     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.053403     Document Type: Article

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