Localization of a matter wave packet in a disordered potential

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Piraud, M ^a   Lugan, P ^a,b   Bouyer, P ^a   Aspect, A ^a   Sanchez Palencia, L ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; DENSITY PROFILE; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; MATTER WAVE PACKETS; MATTER WAVES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHASE-SPACE DENSITY; SPECTRAL BROADENING; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; WAVE PACKETS;

WAVES;

EID: 79952307895     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.031603     Document Type: Article

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