Formation and propagation of matter-wave soliton trains

Nature - Tập 417 Số 6885 - Trang 150-153 - 2002
Kevin E. Strecker1, Guthrie B. Partridge1, A. G. Truscott1,2, Randall G. Hulet1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy and Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University, Houston, USA
2Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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