Leggett-Garg inequality in electron interferometers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Emary, Clive ^a   Lambert, Neill ^b   Nori, Franco ^b,c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84871728595     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235447     Document Type: Article

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