Quantum dynamics in the bosonic Josephson junction

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Chuchem, Maya ^a   Smith Mannschott, Katrina ^b,c   Hiller, Moritz ^d   Kottos, Tsampikos ^b   Vardi, Amichay ^a,e   Cohen, Doron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MPI for Dynamics and Self Organization   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIAL CONDITIONS; JOSEPHSON; JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; PHASE DIFFUSIONS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; RELATIVE PHASE; SEPARATRIX;

QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 78649546975     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.053617     Document Type: Article

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