Semiclassical Monte Carlo approaches for realistic atoms in optical lattices

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-47

  Petsas, K I ^a,b   Grynberg, G ^a   Courtois, J Y ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ATOMIC TRANSITION; COMPUTING TIME; LOCALIZATION PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL LATTICES;

EID: 0033116347     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100530050282     Document Type: Article

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