Chapter 1 Driven Ratchets for Cold Atoms

Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-32

  Renzoni, Ferruccio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brownian motors; optical lattices; Ratchets

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849111865     PISSN: 1049250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-250X(09)57001-2     Document Type: Review

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