Laser-free slow atom source

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3878-3881

  Ghaffari, B ^a   Gerton, J M ^a   McAlexander, W I ^a   Strecker, K E ^a   Homan, D M ^a   Hulet, R G ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000458153     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.3878     Document Type: Article

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