Measuring the quantum state of cold atoms using momentum-shearing interferometry

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages R713-R716

  Walmsley, Ian A ^a   Bigelow, Nicholas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 4243560389     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.R713     Document Type: Article

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