Macroscopic quantum fluctuations in noise-sustained optical patterns

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 12-

  Zambrini, Roberta ^a   Barnett, Stephen M ^b   Colet, Pere ^a   San Miguel, Maxi ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85035295875     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.023813     Document Type: Article

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