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arXiv:2108.09470 · The European Physical Journal D

Photon antibunching in a cavity-QED system with two Rydberg–Rydberg interaction atoms

Tong Huang, Lei Tan

Published Dec 1, 2021• 3 citations
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10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00321-2

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