Relative phase of two Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4330-4337

  Castin, Yvan ^a   Dalibard, Jean ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

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EID: 0000629205     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4330     Document Type: Article

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