Observation of spatially ordered structures in a two-dimensional Rydberg gas

Nature

Volumn 491, Issue 7422, 2012, Pages 87-91

  Schauß, Peter ^a   Cheneau, Marc ^a   Endres, Manuel ^a   Fukuhara, Takeshi ^a   Hild, Sebastian ^a   Omran, Ahmed ^a   Pohl, Thomas ^b   Gross, Christian ^a   Kuhr, Stefan ^a,c   Bloch, Immanuel ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; GAS; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RYDBERG GAS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868313097     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11596     Document Type: Article

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