Observation of the Wannier-Stark fan and the fractional ladder in an accelerating optical lattice

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages R1767-R1770

  Madison, K W ^a   Fischer, M C ^a   Raizen, M G ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 0001142733     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.R1767     Document Type: Article

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