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Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 200403 (2004) [4 pages]

Dynamical Control of Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling

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A. Barone1, G. Kurizki2, and A. G. Kofman2
1INFM Coherentia, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy 80125
2Department of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

Received 26 November 2003; published 20 May 2004

We show that the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects are realizable for macroscopic quantum tunneling by current-bias modulation in Josephson junctions (and their analogs in atomic condensates).

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.200403
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.200403
PACS:
03.65.Xp, 03.75.Lm, 74.50.+r