Quantum phase transition using quantum walks in an optical lattice

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Chandrashekar, C M ^a   Laflamme, Raymond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DENSITY PROFILES; OPTICAL LATTICES; QUADRATIC SPEEDUP; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM WALKS; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

ATOMS;

EID: 49549123132     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.022314     Document Type: Article

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