Uncontrollable quantum systems: A classification scheme based on Lie subalgebras

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Polack, Thomas ^a   Suchowski, Haim ^a   Tannor, David J ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; FINITE-LEVEL QUANTUM SYSTEMS; LIE ALGEBRA; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; QUANTUM SYSTEM; SUBALGEBRA; SUBALGEBRAS;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

ALGEBRA;

EID: 65649137014     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.053403     Document Type: Article

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