Phase-coherent amplification of matter waves

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5448, 1999, Pages 2309-2312

  Kozuma, Mikio ^a   Suzuki, Yoichi ^a   Torii, Yoshio ^b   Sugiura, Toshiaki ^a   Kuga, Takahiro ^a   Hagley, E W ^c   Deng, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; RUBIDIUM ION;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ATOM; DIFFRACTION; INTERFEROMETER; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0033579281     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5448.2309     Document Type: Article

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