A magneto-optical trap for chromium with population repumping via intercombination lines

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-161

  Bell, A S ^a,b   Stuhler, J ^a   Locher, S ^a   Hensler, S ^a   Mlynek, J ^a   Pfau, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MicroLase Optical Systems   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033554899     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1999-00140-7     Document Type: Article

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