Protecting a spin ensemble against decoherence in the strong-coupling regime of cavity QED

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 720-724

  Putz, S ^a   Krimer, D O ^a   Amsuss R ^a   Valookaran, A ^a   Nobauer T ^a,b   Schmiedmayer, J ^a   Rotter, S ^a   Majer, J ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; COHERENT OSCILLATIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL EFFECTS; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME; SUPERCONDUCTING CAVITIES; SUPERCONDUCTING MICROWAVE CAVITY;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 84925880733     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3050     Document Type: Article

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