Versatile two-dimensional potentials for ultra-cold atoms

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1405-1412

  Schnelle, S K ^a   Van Ooijen, E D ^a   Davis, M J ^a   Heckenberg, N R ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; SCANNING; SUPERFLUID HELIUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ACOUSTO OPTICAL MODULATOR; RAPID SCANNING; ULTRA COLD ATOMS;

ATOMS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 39049153717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001405     Document Type: Article

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