Generic model of an atom laser

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 4841-4853

  Kneer, B ^a   Wong, T ^b   Vogel, K ^a   Schleich, W P ^a   Walls, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LASER THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; OSCILLATIONS; POLARIZATION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ATOM LASER; GROSS-PITAEVSKII EQUATION; OPTICAL LASER; THOMAS-FERMI SOLUTION;

LASERS;

EID: 0032388274     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.4841     Document Type: Article

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