Spatial diffusion in a periodic optical lattice: Revisiting the Sisyphus effect

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-364

  Sanchez Palencia, L ^a   Horak, P ^b   Grynberg, G ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFUSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ATOMIC CLOUDS; BROWNIAN MOTION MODEL; EINSTEIN RELATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; LATTICE SITES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SISYPHUS COOLING; SPATIAL DIFFUSIONS; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE;

OPTICAL LATTICES;

EID: 0001045129     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e20020041     Document Type: Article

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