Bloch oscillations of cold atoms in two-dimensional optical lattices

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 636011-636019

  Kolovsky, A R ^a,b   Korsch, H J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b KIRENSKY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Tech Univ Kaiserslautern ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY GAP; OSCILLATIONS;

OPTICAL LATTICES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 18244401866     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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