Atom lasers: Production, properties and prospects for precision inertial measurement

Physics Reports

Volumn 529, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-296

  Robins, N P ^a   Altin, P A ^a   Debs, J E ^a   Close, J D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atom laser; Bose Einstein condensation; Precision measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879420339     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2013.03.006     Document Type: Review

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