Bidirectional propagation of cold atoms in a "stadium"-shaped magnetic guide

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Wu, Saijun ^a   Rooijakkers, Wilbert ^a,b   Striehl, Pierre ^a   Prentiss, Mara ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RING; MAGNETIC TRAP; MAGNETIC WAVEGUIDES; RESONANT ABSORPTION IMAGING;

ABSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; FERMIONS; FERROMAGNETISM; INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHASE SHIFT; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 69649108640     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.013409     Document Type: Article

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