No-go theorem for superradiant quantum phase transitions in cavity QED and counter-example in circuit QED

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nataf, Pierre ^a   Ciuti, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NO GO THEOREM; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 78650152372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1069     Document Type: Article

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