Observing the progressive decoherence of the “meter” in a quantum measurement

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4887-4890

  Brune, M ^a   Hagley, E ^a   Dreyer, J ^a   MaItre X ^a   Maali, A ^a   Wunderlich, C ^a   Raimond, J M ^a   Haroche, S ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 3342896808     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4887     Document Type: Article

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