Matter-wave index of refraction, inertial sensing, and quantum decoherence in an atom interferometer

Brazilian Journal of Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-213

  Hammond, Troy D ^a,c   Chapman, Michael S ^a   Lenef, Alan ^a   Schmiedmayer, Jörg ^a,b   Smith, Edward T ^a   Rubenstein, Richard A ^a   Kokorowski, David A ^a   Pritchard, David E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

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