Effects of chaotic energy-band transport on the quantized states of ultracold sodium atoms in an optical lattice with a tilted harmonic trap

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Scott, R G ^a   Bujkiewicz, S ^a,b   Fromhold, T M ^a   Wilkinson, P B ^a   Sheard, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BAND STRUCTURE; CHAOS THEORY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; HAMILTONIANS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SODIUM; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHAOTIC ENERGY BAND TRANSPORT; HARMONIC TRAP; OPTICAL LATTICE; QUANTIZED STATES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84983699931     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.023407     Document Type: Article

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