Real-time control of the periodicity of a standing wave: An optical accordion

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5465-5470

  Li, T C ^a   Kelkar, H ^a   Medellin, D ^a   Raizen, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATTICE CONSTANTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; REAL TIME CONTROL;

OPTICAL LATTICES; PERIODICITY; QUANTUM TUNNELING;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS;

EID: 42449156382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005465     Document Type: Article

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