The quantum phase operator: A review

The Quantum Phase Operator: A Review

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-498

  Barnett, Stephen M ^a   Vaccaro, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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