Design for an ideal measuring device

Influence of Dissipation on Quantum Tunneling in Macroscopic Systems

A. O. Caldeira, A. J. Leggett · Physical Review Letters · 1981 · 2.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Mathematical Physics +15

On the measurement of a weak classical force coupled to a quantum-mechanical oscillator. I. Issues of principle

Carlton M. Caves, Kip S. Thorne, R. W. P. Drever et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1980 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Instrumentation +14

Quantum-Noise Theory for the Resistively Shunted Josephson Junction

R. H. Koch, D. J. Van Harlingen, John Clarke · Physical Review Letters · 1980 · 167 citations · Full text

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics +13

Optical waveguide tap with infinitesimal insertion loss

Jeffrey H. Shapiro · Optics Letters · 1980 · 123 citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics +17