A pumped atom laser

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 731-736

  Robins, Nicholas P ^a   Figl, Cristina ^a   Jeppesen, Matthew ^a   Dennis, Graham R ^a   Close, John D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; LASER BEAMS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; COHERENT MATTER WAVES; HYPERFINE STATE; LASING MODES; OUTPUT COUPLING; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; PUMPED ATOM LASER; TRAPPED CONDENSATES;

ATOM LASERS;

EID: 51249116256     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1027     Document Type: Article

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