Minimum-time frictionless atom cooling in harmonic traps

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2440-2462

  Stefanatos, Dionisis ^a   Schaettler, Heinz ^a   Li, Jr Shin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom cooling; Optimal control; Optimal synthesis

Indexed keywords

ATOM COOLING; HARMONIC TRAP; MINIMUM TIME; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS; TIME-OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS;

CONTROL; COOLING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

ATOMS;

EID: 84862909098     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100818431     Document Type: Article

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