When atoms behave as waves: Bose-Einstein condensation and the atom laser (nobel lecture)

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 736-753

  Ketterle, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali elements; Bose Einstein condensates; Cooling; Low temperature physics; Quantum optics

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; COOLING; QUANTUM OPTICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

ALKALI ELEMENTS; ATOMIC LASERS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS; NOBEL PRIZES; SODIUM ATOM;

ATOM LASERS;

ALKALI METAL;

ATOM; ATOMIC PARTICLE; COOLING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPTICS; PHYSICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0037120085     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20020916)3:9<736::AID-CPHC736>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Review

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