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Condensation and Coherence in Condensed Matter

Quantum Information with Atoms and Photons in a Cavity: Entanglement, Complementarity and Decoherence Studies

S. Haroche

Published Mar 1, 2003• 1 citation
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10.1142/9789812791269_0022

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