Measurement of Berry’s phase using an atom interferometer

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages R1783-R1786

  Webb, C L ^a   Godun, R M ^a   Summy, G S ^a   Oberthaler, M K ^a   Featonby, P D ^a   Foot, C J ^a   Burnett, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000403787     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.R1783     Document Type: Article

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