Quantum mechanical description of linear optics

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1385-1391

  Skaar, Johannes ^a   Escartín, Juan Carlos García ^a   Landro, Harald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 8744313863     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1775241     Document Type: Review

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