Zeno and anti-Zeno effects for photon polarization dephasing

Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421081-4210811

  Kofman, A G ^a   Kurizki, G ^a   Opatrny T ^a,b,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ZENO EFFECTS (AZE); QUANTUM ZENO EFFECTS (QZE);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; GROUND STATE; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 4244162175     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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