Atom optics: Old ideas, current technology, and new results

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 35-54

  Pritchard, D E ^a   Cronin, A D ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Kokorowski, D A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom laser; Atom optics; De Broglie; Decoherence; Matter wave interferometer; Quantum physics

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATOM LASERS; DECOHERENCE;

PARTICLE OPTICS;

EID: 0035087803     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3889(200102)10:1/2<35::aid-andp35>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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