Self-localization of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices via boundary dissipation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Livi, Roberto ^a   Franzosi, Roberto ^a   Oppo, Gian Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRAPS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; BOUNDARY DISSIPATION; OPTICAL LATTICES; SELF-LOCALIZATION;

GAS CONDENSATES;

EID: 33747061029     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.060401     Document Type: Article

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