Rapid and slow decoherence in conjunction with dissipation in a system of two-level atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Földi, Péter ^a   Czirják, Attila ^a   Benedict, Mihály G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

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EID: 33646203472     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.033807     Document Type: Article

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