Single-atom-aided probe of the decoherence of a Bose-Einstein condensate

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ng, H T ^a   Bose, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; STEAM CONDENSERS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; COHERENT STATES; DECOHERENCE; FINITE TEMPERATURES; MESOSCOPIC; NOISE SOURCES; TWO-LEVEL ATOMS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 49249091667     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.023610     Document Type: Article

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