Driven dirac-like equation via mirror oscillation: Controlled cold-atom Zitterbewegung

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Gong, Jiangbin ^b,c   Oh, C H ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT OSCILLATIONS; MATTER WAVES; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS;

ATOMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

MIRRORS;

EID: 76649094589     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.023608     Document Type: Article

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