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Observation of the quantum zeno and anti-zeno effects in an unstable system by Fischer, M C, Gutiérrez-Medina, B, Raizen, M G

“…We report the first observation of the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects in an unstable system. Cold sodium atoms are trapped in a far-detuned standing wave…”
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Surface ionization of metastable calcium atoms by Bucay, I., Helal, A., Raizen, M. G.

“…We report on an experimental study of surface ionization of metastable calcium atoms on a hot polycrystalline tungsten surface in vacuum. We implemented a…”
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Direct observation of sub-poissonian number statistics in a degenerate bose gas by CHUU, C.-S, SCHRECK, F, MEYRATH, T. P, HANSSEN, J. L, PRICE, G. N, RAIZEN, M. G

“…We report the direct observation of sub-Poissonian number fluctuation for a degenerate Bose gas confined in an optical trap. Reduction of number fluctuations…”
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Guiding Neuronal Growth with Light by Ehrlicher, A., Betz, T., Stuhrmann, B., Koch, D., Milner, V., Raizen, M. G., Käs, J.

“…Control over neuronal growth is a fundamental objective in neuroscience, cell biology, developmental biology, biophysics, and biomedicine and is particularly…”
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Observation of Chaos-Assisted Tunneling between Islands of Stability by Steck, Daniel A., Oskay, Windell H., Raizen, Mark G.

“…We report the direct observation of quantum dynamical tunneling of atoms between separated momentum regions in phase space. We study how the tunneling…”
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Optical billiards for atoms by Milner, V, Hanssen, J L, Campbell, W C, Raizen, M G

“…One of the central paradigms for classical and quantum chaos in conservative systems is the two-dimensional billiard in which particles are confined to a…”
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Compression of atomic phase space using an asymmetric one-way barrier by RAIZEN, M. G, DUDAREV, A. M, QIAN NIU, FISCH, N. J

“…We show how to construct asymmetric optical barriers for atoms. These barriers can be used to compress phase-space of a sample by creating a confined region in…”
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Observation of atomic Wannier-Stark ladders in an accelerating optical potential by Wilkinson, SR, Bharucha, CF, Madison, KW, Niu, Q, Raizen, MG

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Statistical mechanics of an optical phase space compressor by Dudarev, A. M, Marder, M, Niu, Q, Fisch, N. J, Raizen, M. G

“…We describe the statistical mechanics of a new method to produce very cold atoms or molecules. The method results from trapping a gas in a potential well, and…”
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Experimental evidence for non-exponential decay in quantum tunnelling by Raizen, Mark G, Wilkinson, Steven R, Bharucha, Cyrus F, Fischer, Martin C, Madison, Kirk W, Morrow, Patrick R, Niu, Qian, Sundaram, Bala

“…An exponential decay law is the universal hallmark of unstable systems and is observed in all fields of science. This law is not, however, fully consistent…”
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Brightening of a supersonic beam of neutral atoms by Anciaux, E, Stratis, G, Raizen, M G

“…Well-collimated, high-intensity beams of neutral atoms have many applications ranging from atom microscopy to atom interferometry to ultracold atomic physics…”
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Dynamical Bloch Band Suppression in an Optical Lattice by Madison, K. W., Fischer, M. C., Diener, R. B., Niu, Qian, Raizen, M. G.

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Ballistic peaks at quantum resonance by Oskay, W.H., Steck, D.A., Milner, V., Klappauf, B.G., Raizen, M.G.

“…We report studies of the motion of cold atoms in a time-dependent optical potential. The dynamics of our system are that of the quantum kicked rotor, and…”
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Observation of dynamical localization in atomic momentum transfer: A new testing ground for quantum chaos by Moore, FL, Robinson, JC, Bharucha, C, Williams, PE, Raizen, MG

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A Bose-Einstein condensate driven by a kicked rotor in a finite box by Henderson, K, Kelkar, H, Li, T. C, Gutiérrez-Medina, B, Raizen, M. G

“…We study the effect of different heating rates on a dilute Bose gas confined in a quasi-1D finite, leaky box. An optical kicked rotor is used to transfer…”
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Normal-mode splitting and linewidth averaging for two-state atoms in an optical cavity by RAIZEN, M. G, THOMPSON, R. J, BRECHA, R. J, KIMBLE, H. J, CARMICHAEL, H. J

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State reconstruction of the kicked rotor by Bienert, M, Haug, F, Schleich, W P, Raizen, M G

“…We propose two experimentally feasible methods based on atom interferometry to measure the quantum state of the kicked rotor…”
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Young's interference experiment with light scattered from two atoms by EICHMANN, U, BERGQUIST, J. C, BOLLINGER, J. J, GILLIGAN, J. M, ITANO, W. M, WINELAND, D. J, RAIZEN, M. G

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Real-time control of the periodicity of a standing wave: an optical accordion by Li, T C, Kelkar, H, Medellin, D, Raizen, M G

“…We report an experimental method to create optical lattices with real-time control of their periodicity. We demonstrate a continuous change of the lattice…”
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Spatial nonlocal pair correlations in a repulsive 1D Bose gas by Sykes, A G, Gangardt, D M, Davis, M J, Viering, K, Raizen, M G, Kheruntsyan, K V

“…We analytically calculate the spatial nonlocal pair correlation function for an interacting uniform 1D Bose gas at finite temperature and propose an…”
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