Steady-state entanglement of two coupled qubits

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Del Valle, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES;

ASYMMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; BELL STATE; COUPLED QUBITS; DEGREES OF ENTANGLEMENT; INCOHERENT SOURCES; PHOTON ANTIBUNCHING; STEADY STATE; THERMAL SOURCE;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 79551667106     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000228     Document Type: Article

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