Environment-induced sudden death of entanglement

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5824, 2007, Pages 579-582

  Almeida, M P ^a   De Melo, F ^a   Hor Meyll, M ^a   Salles, A ^a   Walborn, S P ^a   Ribeiro, P H Souto ^a   Davidovich, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE MOTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 34247608116     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139892     Document Type: Article

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