Controlled exchange interaction between pairs of neutral atoms in an optical lattice

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7152, 2007, Pages 452-456

  Anderlini, Marco ^a,b   Lee, Patricia J ^a   Brown, Benjamin L ^a   Sebby Strabley, Jennifer ^a,c   Phillips, William D ^a   Porto, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT; RUBIDIUM;

MODELING; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; BOSON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 34547221417     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06011     Document Type: Article

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