Metastable rare gas atoms scattered by nano- and micro-slit transmission gratings

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-144

  Boustimi, M ^a   Baudon, J ^b   Ducloy, M ^b   Reinhardt, J ^b   Perales, F ^b   Mainos, C ^b   Bocvarski, V ^c   Robert, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Centrale de Proximité en Nanotechnologies de Paris Nord   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ANGULAR ANALYSIS; ARGON ATOMS; METASTABLES; MICRO SLITS; NANOSLITS; RARE GAS ATOMS; SIMPLE++; TIME OF FLIGHT ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

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EID: 0001826613     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100530170015     Document Type: Article

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