The quantum-optical Josephson interferometer

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-284

  Gerace, Dario ^a,b   Türeci, Hakan E ^a   Imamoglu, Atac ^a   Giovannetti, Vittorio ^c   Fazio, Rosario ^c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; DYNAMICAL EQUILIBRIUM; NONLINEAR CAVITIES; PHOTON CORRELATION; QUANTUM OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM STATISTICS; SINGLE-PHOTON LEVEL; SOLID-STATE SYSTEM;

ELECTRODYNAMICS;

EID: 63849240180     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1223     Document Type: Article

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