Contrast interferometry using Bose-Einstein condensates to measure h/m and α

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Gupta, S ^a   Dieckmann, K ^a   Hadzibabic, Z ^a   Pritchard, D E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATORS; MOIRE FRINGES; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SODIUM;

AC STARK SHIFT; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; CONTRAST INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTON RECOIL FREQUENCY;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0000152071     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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