Atom laser divergence

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 17, 2001, Pages

  Le Coq, Y ^a   Thywissen, J H ^a   Rangwala, S A ^a   Gerbier, F ^a   Richard, S ^a   Delannoy, G ^a   Bouyer, P ^a   Aspect, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FREQUENCIES; GAS CONDENSATES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MAGNETIC LENSES; PHOTONS;

ANGULAR DIVERGENCE; ATOM LASERS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0035934820     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.170403     Document Type: Article

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