Spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensates

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7336, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Lin, Y J ^a   Jimenez Garcia K ^a,b   Spielman, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSULATION; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TOPOLOGY;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; BOSON; FERMION; LASER; MOTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952267426     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09887     Document Type: Article

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