Single atom experiments in cavities and traps

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

Volumn 454, Issue 1969, 1998, Pages 431-445

  Walther, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibunching; Entanglement; One atom maser; Radiation atom interaction; Resonance fluorescence; Trapped ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746718690     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1998.0169     Document Type: Article

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