Adiabatically induced coherent Josephson oscillations of ultracold atoms in an asymmetric two-dimensional magnetic lattice

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 24358-24370

  Abdelrahman, A ^a   Hannaford, P ^b   Alameh, K ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRON GAS; EXCITONS; FERMIONS; GAS CONDENSATES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; BOUND STATE; COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; DINGER EQUATION; FERMI GAS; FIELD OPERATORS; JOSEPHSON; JOSEPHSON OSCILLATIONS; JOSEPHSON QUBITS; MAGNETIC BAND; MAGNETIC LATTICE; MOTT INSULATOR STATE; NON-LINEAR; QUANTUM DEVICE; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

MAGNETISM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 73949116364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.024358     Document Type: Article

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