Observation of quantum diffractive collisions using shallow atomic traps

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Fagnan, David E ^a   Wang, Jicheng ^a   Zhu, Chenchong ^a   Djuricanin, Pavle ^a   Klappauf, Bruce G ^a   Booth, James L ^b   Madison, Kirk W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC TRAPS; B ATOMS; BACKGROUND GAS; COLLISION CROSS SECTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION; ELASTIC COLLISION; LASER-COOLED; LOSS RATES; MAGNETIC QUADRUPOLE TRAP; MAGNETIC TRAP; MAGNETO-OPTIC TRAP; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRAP DEPTH; TRAP LOSS; TRAPPED ATOMS;

ATOMS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 69249147803     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.022712     Document Type: Article

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