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6 - Wigner's phase-space representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2012

Mackillo Kira  and
Stephan W. Koch
Mackillo Kira
Affiliation:
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Stephan W. Koch
Affiliation:
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
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Semiconductor Quantum Optics , pp. 101 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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