Ultracold quantum gases in optical lattices

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-30

  Bloch, Immanuel ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; HAMILTONIANS; OPTICAL LATTICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SIMULATORS;

ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; COMPLEX QUANTUM SYSTEMS; CONTROLLABLE QUANTUM SYSTEM; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOURS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; STRONG CORRELATION EFFECT; ULTRACOLD QUANTUM GAS;

GASES;

EID: 33644958906     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys138     Document Type: Review

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