Laser-induced spatial symmetry breaking in quantum and classical mechanics

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Franco, Ignacio ^a   Brumer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; LASER OPTICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); REFLECTION; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

DOUBLE PERTURBATION THEORY; HEISENBERG PICTURE; QUANTUM-TO-CLASSICAL TRANSITION; QUARTIC OSCILLATOR;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33746616125     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.040402     Document Type: Article

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