Directed transport of atoms in a hamiltonian quantum ratchet

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5957, 2009, Pages 1241-1243

  Salger, Tobias ^a   Kling, Sebastian ^a   Hecking, Tim ^a   Geckeier, Carsten ^a   Morales Molina, Luis ^b   Weitz, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM;

BIOACTIVITY; CONDENSATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OPTICAL METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RUBIDIUM;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; DEVICE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HAMILTONIAN QUANTUM RATCHET; MOTION; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 70849125791     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1179546     Document Type: Article

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