Experimental demonstration of the optical Zeno effect by scanning tunneling optical microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3762-3767

  Biagioni, P ^a   Della Valle, G ^a   Ornigotti, M ^a   Finazzi, M ^a   Duo L ^a   Laporta, P ^a   Longhi, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

FLOW OF LIGHT; OPTICAL ZENO EFFECTS; PROJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS; TUNNELING COUPLED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 41149162329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003762     Document Type: Article

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