Theoretical study of a cold-atom beam splitter

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Gaaloul, Naceur ^a,b   Suzor Weiner, Annick ^a   Pruvost, Laurence ^c   Telmini, Mourad ^b   Charron, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATOMIC CLOUD; COLD-ATOM BEAM SPLITTER; LASER GUIDE;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 33747785248     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.023620     Document Type: Article

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