Dynamic manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates with a spatial light modulator

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Boyer, V ^a   Godun, R M ^a   Smirne, G ^a   Cassettari, D ^a   Chandrashekar, C M ^a   Deb, A B ^a   Laczik, Z J ^a   Foot, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOUD; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; PHASE GRATING; TIME-VARYING OPTICAL POTENTIALS;

DIFFRACTION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; QUANTUM THEORY;

GAS CONDENSATES;

EID: 33645504072     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.031402     Document Type: Article

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