Matter-wave phase measurement: a noninterferometric approach

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 063614-063611

  Nugent, K A ^a   Paganin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE WAVES;

MATTER WAVE PHASE MEASUREMENT; NONINTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUE; PLANCK CONSTANT; QUANTUM MECHANICAL WAVE; VORTEX FREE WAVES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0033685718     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.063614     Document Type: Article

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