Manipulating of matter with light : from atoms to bubbles
This thesis concerns the interaction between matter and light, in particular the coherent manipulation and directed motion of cold atoms in a Hamiltonian system in the fully chaotic regime. The system under scrutiny is the cold atom realisation of the delta kicked rotor, a paradigm system for the st...
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University College London (University of London)
2005
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417378 |