Measurement scheme for relative phase diffusion between two Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages R2571-R2574

  Ruostekoski, J ^a   Walls, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000622535     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R2571     Document Type: Article

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