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Physical Review A

Anti-Zeno effect in parametric down-conversion

Alfredo Luis, Luis Lorenzo Sánchez-Soto

Published Feb 1, 1998• 38 citations
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Abstract

Two examples are presented where the observation of the emission in parametric down-conversion leads to its enhancement instead of its inhibition. The improvement is analyzed in terms of the quantum features of the observation.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.57.781

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