Orbital excitation blockade and algorithmic cooling in quantum gases

Nature

Volumn 480, Issue 7378, 2011, Pages 500-503

  Bakr, Waseem S ^a   Preiss, Philipp M ^a   Tai, M Eric ^a   Ma, Ruichao ^a   Simon, Jonathan ^a   Greiner, Markus ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; COOLING; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRON; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENTROPY; GAS FLOW; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE MOTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COOLING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; ORBITAL EXCITATION BLOCKADE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD;

EID: 84255161580     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10668     Document Type: Article

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