Heteronuclear molecules in an optical lattice: Theory and experiment

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Deuretzbacher, F ^a   Plassmeier, K ^a   Pfannkuche, D ^a   Werner, F ^b   Ospelkaus, C ^a   Ospelkaus, S ^a   Sengstock, K ^a   Bongs, K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DATA REDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ENERGY SPECTRUM; HETERONUCLEAR MOLECULES; OPTICAL LATTICES;

ATOMS;

EID: 41549096966     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.032726     Document Type: Article

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