Double-slit interferometry with a Bose-Einstein condensate

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Collins, L A ^a   Pezze L ^a,b   Smerzi, A ^a,b   Berman, G P ^a   Bishop, A R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES (BEC); DOUBLE-WELL TRAP; LASER KNIFE; REAL SPACE PRODUCT FORMULA (RSPF);

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; GAS CONDENSATES; GROUND STATE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 18444374702     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.033628     Document Type: Article

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