Reconstruction of non-classical cavity field states with snapshots of their decoherence

Samuel Deléglise; Igor Dotsenko; Clément Sayrin; Julien Bernu; Michel Brune; Jean-Michel Raimond; Serge Haroche

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Reconstruction of non-classical cavity field states with snapshots of their decoherence

Samuel Deléglise

Igor Dotsenko Clément Sayrin Julien Bernu Michel Brune Jean-Michel Raimond Serge Haroche

Nature Vol. 455 No. 7212 pp. 510-514 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.; Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.

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Samuel Deléglise, Igor Dotsenko, Clément Sayrin, et al. (2008). Reconstruction of non-classical cavity field states with snapshots of their decoherence. Nature, 455(7212), 510-514. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07288

Reconstruction of non-classical cavity field states with snapshots of their decoherence

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