Quantum Marking and Quantum Erasure for Neutral Kaons

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204051-204054

  Bramon, A ^a   Garbarino, G ^b   Hiesmayr, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS;

QUANTUM ERASER; QUANTUM MARKING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 4043123773     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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