Number-operator-annihilation-operator uncertainty as an alternative for the number-phase uncertainty relation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Urizar Lanz, Iñigo ^a   Tóth, Géza ^a,b,c  

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

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE SQUEEZING; COHERENT STATE; EXPECTATION VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FOCK STATE; INTELLIGENT STATE; PARTICLE NUMBERS; UNCERTAINTY RELATION;

EID: 77952376518     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.052108     Document Type: Article

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