Macroscopic superpositions of phase states with Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Piazza, F ^a   Pezze L ^b   Smerzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STEAM CONDENSERS;

CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES; DECOHERENCE; EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM; MACROSCOPIC SUPERPOSITIONS; MACROSCOPICALLY; PERIODIC POTENTIALS; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE STATES; QUANTUM SUPERPOSITIONS;

ATOMS;

EID: 56049090543     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.051601     Document Type: Article

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