In situ velocity imaging of ultracold atoms using slow light

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Artoni, M ^a   Carusotto, I ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; HOLE TRAPS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; OSCILLATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RUBIDIUM; VORTEX FLOW;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; OPTICAL RESPONSE; SLOW LIGHT; TRANSVERSE IMAGING; ULTRACOLD ATOMS; VELOCITY IMAGING;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0037241998     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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