Non-classical light 20 years later: An assessment of the voyage into Hilbert space

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1733, 1997, Pages 2327-2341

  Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 3042985982     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0130     Document Type: Article

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