Quantum-classical crossover of a field mode

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Everitt, M J ^a,b   Munro, W J ^c   Spiller, T P ^c  

^a El Shorouk City   (Egypt)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE FIELDS; CLASSICAL BEHAVIORS; COLLAPSE AND REVIVALS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; FIELD STATE; QUANTUM BEHAVIORS; QUANTUM FIELDS; QUANTUM-CLASSICAL CROSSOVERS; RABI FREQUENCIES; RABI OSCILLATIONS; TWO-STATE SYSTEMS;

EID: 64049104616     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.032328     Document Type: Article

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