Bell's inequality test with entangled atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 052102-052101

  Beige, Almut ^a   Munro, William J ^b   Knight, Peter L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS;

BELL'S INEQUALITY TEST; ELECTRON SHELVING; ENTANGLED ATOMS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 4243876085     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.052102     Document Type: Article

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