Quantum ground state of self-organized atomic crystals in optical resonators

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Fernández Vidal, Sonia ^a   De Chiara, Gabriele ^a   Larson, Jonas ^b,c   Morigi, Giovanna ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CRYSTALS; ATOMIC DYNAMICS; BOSE HUBBARD MODEL; CAVITY MODE; COLD ATOMS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FIELD INTENSITY; INTRACAVITIES; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER LIGHTS; MOTT INSULATORS; OPTICAL LATTICES; PUMP THRESHOLD; QUANTUM FIELD; QUANTUM GROUND STATE; SELF ORGANIZED STRUCTURES; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZE; SELF-ORGANIZED;

ATOMS; GROUND STATE; HUBBARD MODEL; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 77950798962     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043407     Document Type: Article

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