Experimental realization of quantum zeno dynamics

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schafer F ^a,b   Herrera, I ^a   Cherukattil, S ^a   Lovecchio, C ^a   Cataliotti, F S ^a,b,c   Caruso, F ^a,b,c   Smerzi, A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia   (Italy)

^c QSTAR   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

INFORMATION PROCESSING; SPEECH;

EID: 84903823163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4194     Document Type: Article

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