countertwisting

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noun

twisting in an opposite direction

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nouncountertwisting (plural countertwistings)

plural countertwistings

  1. twisting in an opposite direction

    Application of the general formulas is illustrated by several model examples including parametric downconversion, Kerr nonlinearity, Jaynes-Cummings interaction, and spin squeezing by one-axis twisting and two-axis countertwisting..

    2015, Tomáš Opatrný, “Squeezing with classical Hamiltonians”, in arXiv

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