Formation of ultracold molecules (T≤200 μK) via photoassociation in a gas of laser-cooled atoms

Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 47, Issue C, 2001, Pages 53-127

  Masnou Seeuws, Françoise ^a   Pillet, Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

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EID: 0002324359     PISSN: 1049250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-250X(01)80055-0     Document Type: Article

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