A Theory for Quantum Accelerator Modes in Atom Optics

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 911-943

  Fishman, Shmuel ^a   Guarneri, Italo ^b,c   Rebuzzini, Laura ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold atoms optics; Kicked Rotors; Phase space strucures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037279688     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022176306198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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