Classical phases and quantum angles in the description of interfering Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mullin, W J ^a   Laloe F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM SPLITTERS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; CLAUSER-HORNE-SHIMONY-HOLT INEQUALITY; FOCK STATE; OFF-DIAGONAL MATRIX ELEMENTS; PHASE ANGLES; PHASE STATE; POPULATION OSCILLATION; QUANTUM ANGLE; RELATIVE PHASE; TWO BEAMS; TWO SOURCES;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PRISMS; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELATIVITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 77954851963     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.013618     Document Type: Article

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