Reduction of the radiative decay of atomic coherence in squeezed vacuum

Nature

Volumn 499, Issue 7456, 2013, Pages 62-65

  Murch, K W ^a   Weber, S J ^a   Beck, K M ^b   Ginossar, E ^c   Siddiqi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; VACUUM;

EID: 84879861949     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12264     Document Type: Article

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