Generation of Schrödinger cats and entangled coherent states in the motion of a trapped ionby a dispersive interaction

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2478-2481

  Gerry, Christopher C ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 4243784663     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.2478     Document Type: Article

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