Direct measurement of the quantum wavefunction

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7350, 2011, Pages 188-191

  Lundeen, Jeff S ^a   Sutherland, Brandon ^a   Patel, Aabid ^a   Stewart, Corey ^a   Bamber, Charles ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE FIELD;

ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WAVEFORM; WAVEFUNCTION;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 79958275316     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10120     Document Type: Article

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