Enhanced observability of quantum postexponential decay using distant detectors

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Torrontegui, E ^a   Muga, J G ^a   Martorell, J ^b   Sprung, D W L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DISTANCE; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; ONE DIMENSION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; QUANTUM PARTICLES; SOLVABLE MODEL; TRANSITION TIME;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 68549135226     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.012703     Document Type: Article

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