Decoherence and dephasing in a quantum measurement process

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1064-1086

  Kono, Naoyuki ^a,b   Machida, Ken ^a,b   Namiki, Mikio ^a,b   Pascazio, Saverio ^a,b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 4243589787     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.1064     Document Type: Article

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