Engineering the quantum transport of atomic wavefunctions over macroscopic distances

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 547-550

  Alberti, A ^a   Ivanov, V V ^a   Tino, G M ^a   Ferrari, G ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATOMIC WAVE FUNCTION; BUILDING BLOCKES; COHERENT CONTROL; COHERENT PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; QUANTUM SENSORS; QUANTUM TRANSPORT;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 68749116218     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1310     Document Type: Letter

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