Entanglement between light and an optical atomic excitation

Nature

Volumn 498, Issue 7455, 2013, Pages 466-469

  Li, L ^a   Dudin, Y O ^a   Kuzmich, A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTICAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; EXCITATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIGHT; OPTICAL ATOMIC EXCITATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84879684907     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12227     Document Type: Article

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