Rydberg decelerator using a travelling electric-field gradient

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Vanhaecke, N ^a,b   Comparat, D ^a   Pillet, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; DIMERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DEVICES;

ALKALI DIMERS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; ELECTRIC-FIELD GRADIENTS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 13244296904     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/38/2/031     Document Type: Article

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