Demonstration and characterization of a detector for minimally destructive detection of Bose condensed atoms in real time

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3415-3419

  Figl, Cristina ^a   Longchambon, Laurent ^b   Jeppesen, Matthew ^a   Kruger, Michael ^c   Bachor, Hans A ^a   Robins, Nicholas P ^a   Close, John D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BANDWIDTH; FEEDBACK; GAS CONDENSATES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHASE MODULATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ATOM NUMBER DENSITY; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 33745802960     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.003415     Document Type: Article

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