Time-resolved observation of coherent multi-body interactions in quantum phase revivals

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7295, 2010, Pages 197-201

  Will, Sebastian ^a,b   Best, Thorsten ^a   Schneider, Ulrich ^a,b   Hackermüller, Lucia ^a   Lühmann, Dirk Sören ^c   Bloch, Immanuel ^a,b,d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RUBIDIUM; RUBIDIUM 87; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOM; BOSON; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; INTERFEROMETRY; MULTIBODY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM PHASE REVIVAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SIMULATOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77952359161     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09036     Document Type: Article

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