Characterizing the coherence of Bose-Einstein condensates and atom lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 284-292

  Dodd, R J ^a,b   Clark, Charles W ^b   Edwards, Mark ^b,c   Burnett, K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CONDENSATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOSE GASES; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; LASER COOLING; THERMAL ATOMS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0001019612     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.1.000284     Document Type: Article

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