Photons in polychromatic rotating modes

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Van Enk, S J ^a,b   Nienhuis, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; ROTATION;

POLYCHROMATIC ROTATING MODES; QUANTUM INFORMATION; ROTATING TRANSVERSE MODE PATTERNS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 36249001047     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.053825     Document Type: Article

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