Spatially inhomogeneous phase evolution of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Anderson, R P ^a   Ticknor, C ^a   Sidorov, A I ^a   Hall, B V ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; DECOHERENCE; HYPERFINE GROUND STATE; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; MEAN-FIELD; MICROWAVE FIELD; PHASE DIFFUSIONS; PSEUDOSPIN; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RELATIVE PHASE; SPATIAL MODES; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS PHASE; TEMPORAL DECAY; TWO-COMPONENT;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; INTERFEROMETERS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 68949163189     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.023603     Document Type: Article

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