Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice with tunable spacing: Transport and static properties

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4303-4313

  Fallani, Leonardo ^a   Fort, Chiara ^a   Lye, Jessica E ^a   Inguscio, Massimo ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MICROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL LINKS; REFLECTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ENERGY SCALES; OPTICAL LATTICES; STATIC PROPERTIES; TUNABLE SPACING;

CONDENSATE TREATMENT;

EID: 21344463551     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004303     Document Type: Article

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