Instability of a mixed atom-molecule condensate under photoassociation

Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 188-195

  Javanainen, J ^a   Kostrun K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTONS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ATOM-ATOM INTERACTIONS; HAMILTONIAN DENSITY; LASER FREQUENCY; LOW-DENSITY DOMAINS;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 3242881223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.5.000188     Document Type: Article

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