Interferometers and decoherence matrices

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 5907-5913

  Han, D ^a   Kim, Y S ^b   Noz, Marilyn E ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DECOHERENCE EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MATHEMATICAL APPARATUS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; ORTHOGONAL COMPONENTS; POLARIZATION OPTICS; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES; TWO-BEAM INTERFEROMETERS;

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 4243247264     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.5907     Document Type: Article

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