Experimental tests of quantum nonlinear dynamics in atom optics

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Hensinger, Winfried K ^a   Heckenberg, Norman R ^a   Milburn, Gerard J ^a   Rubinztein Dunlop, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein condensate; Mechanical effects of light on atoms; Optical cooling of atoms; Quantum chaos; Trapping; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHAOS THEORY; GAS CONDENSATES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ATOM OPTICS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; QUANTUM NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0038398957     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/5/2/202     Document Type: Article

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