Deterministic atom-light quantum interface

Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue C, 2007, Pages 81-130

  Sherson, Jacob ^a,b   Julsgaard, Brian ^a,c   Polzik, Eugene S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77954842817     PISSN: 1049250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-250X(06)54002-9     Document Type: Review

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