Optical ferris wheel for ultracold atoms

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 8619-8625

  Franke Arnold, S ^a   Leach, J ^a   Padgett, M J ^a   Lembessis, V E ^b   Ellinas, D ^c   Wright, A J ^d   Girkin, J M ^d   Ohberg P ^e   Arnold, A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b New York College Group   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CRYSTAL LATTICES;

FREQUENCY SHIFT; OPTICAL VORTICES; RING GEOMETRY; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 34547254733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008619     Document Type: Article

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