Controllable double-well magnetic traps for neutral atoms

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2844-2851

  Hu, Jianjun ^a   Yin, Jianping ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CURRENT DENSITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

MAGNETIC TRAPS;

MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0141453193     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002844     Document Type: Article

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