Quantum limits for the magnetic sensitivity of a chemical compass

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Cai, Jianming ^a   Caruso, Filippo ^a,b   Plenio, Martin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HYPERFINE COUPLING; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC SENSITIVITY; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM CONTROL; QUANTUM LIMIT; RADICAL PAIR; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

BIOMAGNETISM; BIOMIMETICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84859792375     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.040304     Document Type: Article

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