Spin entanglement, decoherence and Bohm's EPR paradox

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18693-18702

  Cavalcanti, E G ^a   Drummond, P D ^b   Bachor, H A ^c   Reid, M D ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM THEORY;

CRITICAL LEVEL; MACROSCOPIC SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; SPIN ENTANGLEMENT; STATE PREPARATION; THRESHOLD-VALUE; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70350329488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018693     Document Type: Article

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