Optically plugged quadrupole trap for Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Naik, D S ^a   Raman, C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; EVAPORATION COOLING; MAGNETIC TRAPS; OPTICALLY PLUGGED QUADRUPOLE TRAPS;

COOLING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 18444369024     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.033617     Document Type: Article

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