Time-domain high-finesse atom interferometry

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2216-2219

  Hinderthur H ^a   Ruschewitz, F ^a   Lohe, H J ^a   Lechte, S ^a   Sengstock, K ^a   Ertmer, W ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; PARTICLE OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HIGH-FINESSE ATOM INTEFEROMETRY; INTERFERENCE STRUCTURE; LASER COOLING; PARTIAL WAVES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0000433570     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.2216     Document Type: Article

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