Experimental observation of N00N state Bloch oscillations

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lebugle, Maxime ^a   Gräfe, Markus ^a   Heilmann, René ^a   Perez Leija, Armando ^a   Nolte, Stefan ^a   Szameit, Alexander ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LATTICE DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; BLOCH OSCILLATION; BOSON; FERMION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOON STATE; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PHOTON; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84942279386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9273     Document Type: Article

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