Quantum states and phases in driven open quantum systems with cold atoms

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 878-883

  Diehl, S ^a,b   Micheli, A ^a,b   Kantian, A ^a,b   Kraus, B ^a,b   Buchler H P ^c   Zoller, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; OPTICAL LATTICES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; BOGOLIUBOV EXCITATIONS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; FINITE TEMPERATURES; KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS; OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; WEAK INTERACTIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 55549114314     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1073     Document Type: Article

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