Sudden death of entanglement

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5914, 2009, Pages 598-601

  Yu, Ting ^a   Eberly, J H ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NOISE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATOM; HALF LIFE TIME; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 59149085503     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167343     Document Type: Review

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