Observation of Rabi oscillations between Bloch bands in an optical potential

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages R2648-R2651

  Fischer, M C ^a   Madison, K W ^a   Niu, Qian ^a   Raizen, M G ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 0000216682     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R2648     Document Type: Article

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