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Number Operators

Number Operators is a quantum operator that belongs to the class of observables in quantum mechanics and is specifically defined as the operator whose eigenvalues yield the number of quanta in a given energy level of a quantum harmonic oscillator.

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Quantum mechanical phase and time operator

Leonard Susskind, Jonathan Glogower · Physics Physique Fizika · 1964 · 820 citations · Full text

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Moving along the number line: Operational momentum in nonsymbolic arithmetic

Koleen McCrink, Stanislas Dehaene, Ghislaine Dehaene‐Lambertz · Perception & Psychophysics · 2007 · 248 citations · Full text

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Confinement and Lattice Quantum-Electrodynamic Electric Flux Tubes Simulated with Ultracold Atoms

Erez Zohar, Benni Reznik · Physical Review Letters · 2011 · 173 citations · Full text

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Canonically Conjugate Pairs, Uncertainty Relations, and Phase Operators

J. C. Garrison, J. Wong · Journal of Mathematical Physics · 1970 · 154 citations

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Configuration-Space Photon Number Operators in Quantum Optics

L. Mandeļ · Physical Review · 1966 · 135 citations

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Authors

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  1. SM
    Stjepan Meljanac

    Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia

    3 publications · 89 citations

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  2. YW
    Ying Wu

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

    3 publications · 69 citations

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  3. AL
    A. Lukš

    Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  4. JC
    J. C. Garrison

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 189 citations

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  5. JC
    John C. Collins

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Palacký University Olomouc

    Olomouc, Czechia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    196 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    74 citations

  3. Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics

    Wuhan, China

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  4. Ruđer Bošković Institute

    Zagreb, Croatia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    178 citations

  5. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, China

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    96 citations

  6. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    321 citations

  7. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    538 citations

  8. Binghamton University

    Binghamton, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

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  1. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

    12 publications · 421 citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 10 publications · 341 citations

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  3. Journal of Mathematical Physics

    9 publications · 364 citations

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  4. Modern Physics Letters A

    4 publications · 118 citations

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  5. Physica Scripta

    4 publications · 97 citations

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