Imaging the Mott insulator shells by using atomic clock shifts

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5787, 2006, Pages 649-652

  Campbell, Gretchen K ^a   Mun, Jongchul ^a   Boyd, Micah ^a   Medley, Patrick ^a   Leanhardt, Aaron E ^b   Marcassa, Luis G ^a,c   Pritchard, David E ^a   Ketterle, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; GAS CONDENSATES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC CLOCK SHIFTS; FREQUENCY SHIFTS; MOTT INSULATOR SHELLS; OPTICAL LATTICES;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

CONDENSATE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PHASE TRANSITION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIPOLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33746890865     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130365     Document Type: Article

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