Matter-wave interferometry in a double well on an atom chip

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-62

  Schumm, T ^a,b   Hofferberth, S ^a   Andersson, L M ^a   Wildermuth, S ^a   Groth, S ^a,c   Bar Joseph, I ^d   Schmiedmayer, J ^a   Kruger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRISMS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ATOM OPTICAL ELEMENTS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; COHERENT MATTER WAVES; DOUBLE-WELL POTENTIAL; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MATTER-WAVE INTERFERENCE; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 84927942380     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys125     Document Type: Article

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