Dynamics of Bloch oscillations in disordered lattice potentials

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Schulte, T ^a,b   Drenkelforth, S ^a   Büning, G Kleine ^a   Ertmer, W ^a   Arlt, J ^a   Lewenstein, M ^b,c   Santos, L ^d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; DAMPING; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MODULATION; SCREENING;

DISORDERED LATTICE POTENTIALS; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 38949146435     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.023610     Document Type: Article

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