The deterministic generation of photons by cavity quantum electrodynamics

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 54, Issue 8-10, 2006, Pages 617-647

  Walther, H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavity quantum electrodynamics; One atom maser; Single atom laser; Single photon generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748555502     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: 15213978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.200610319     Document Type: Article

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