Observing the profile of an atom laser beam

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Kohl M ^a   Busch, Th ^b,c   Molmer K ^c   Hansch T W ^d,e   Esslinger, T ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; PHOTONS;

COUPLING PROCESS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; TRANSVERSE DENSITY;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 33244478535     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.063618     Document Type: Article

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