Nonlinear atom interferometer surpasses classical precision limit

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7292, 2010, Pages 1165-1169

  Gross, C ^a   Zibold, T ^a   Nicklas, E ^b   Esteve J ^a   Oberthaler, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETER; INTERFEROMETRY; PRECISION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION BEAM;

EID: 77951557855     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08919     Document Type: Article

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