Phase sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Pezzé, Luca ^a,b   Smerzi, Augusto ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE SENSITIVITY; QUANTUM STATES;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33144473011     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.011801     Document Type: Article

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