Absorptive masks of light: A useful tool for spatial probing in atom optics

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3850-3854

  Keller, Claudia ^a   Abfalterer, Roland ^a   Bernet, Stefan ^a   Oberthaler, Markus K ^a,b   Schmiedmayer, Jörg ^a   Zeilinger, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006327228     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.590422     Document Type: Article

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