Observation of sub-natural linewidths for cold Rb atoms in a magneto-optic trap

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Rapol, U D ^a   Wasan, A ^a   Natarajan, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 0037263563     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-00244-6     Document Type: Article

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