Properties of microelectromagnet mirrors as reflectors of cold Rb atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 4012-4015

  Drndic M ^a   Zabow, G ^a   Lee, C S ^a   Thywissen, J H ^a   Johnson, K S ^a   Prentiss, M ^a   Westervelt, R M ^a   Featonby, P D ^b   Savalli, V ^b   Cognet, L ^b   Helmerson, K ^b   Westbrook, N ^b   Westbrook, C I ^b   Phillips, W D ^b   Aspect, A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 0000966252     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.4012     Document Type: Article

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