Quantum Zeno switch for single-photon coherent transport
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Department of Physics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China Advanced Science Institute, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi 351-0198, Japan Institute of Theoretical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Center for Theoretical Physics, Physics Department, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA Received 17 December 2008; published 11 December 2009
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