Coherent spinor dynamics in a spin-1 Bose condensate

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-116

  Chang, Ming Shien ^a   Qin, Qishu ^a   Zhang, Wenxian ^a   You, Li ^a   Chapman, Michael S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; ELECTRON GAS; FERMIONS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; PHASE SPACE METHODS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ATOMIC COLLISION; BOSE CONDENSATES; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; COHERENT CONTROL; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFTS; JOSEPHSON OSCILLATIONS; LOW ENERGY COLLISIONS; SPIN DEPENDENT SCATTERING;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 33645785439     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys153     Document Type: Article

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