Can a single-pulse standing wave induce chaos in atomic motion?

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3304-3307

  Robinson, J C ^a   Bharucha, C F ^a   Madison, K W ^a   Moore, F L ^a   Sundaram, Bala ^a   Wilkinson, S R ^a   Raizen, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0000273780     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3304     Document Type: Article

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