Reflection spectroscopy of spin-polarized atoms near a dielectric surface

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Grafström, Stefan ^a,b   Blasberg, Tilo ^a   Suter, Dieter ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0030532377     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000003     Document Type: Article

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