Observation of transverse interference fringes on an atom laser beam

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 17673-17680

  Dall, R G ^a   Byron, L J ^a   Truscott, A G ^a   Dennis, G R ^a   Johnsson, M T ^a   Jeppesen, M ^a   Hope, J J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIUM; LASER BEAMS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATOM LASER BEAM; QUANTUM MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE; TRANSVERSE INTERFERENCE FRINGES;

WAVE INTERFERENCE;

HELIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIUM; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 37549056632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017673     Document Type: Article

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