Enhanced inelastic scattering rates of cold atomic chromium

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1131-1134

  DeCarvalho, Robert ^a   Hancox, Cindy I ^a   Doyle, John M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; PARAMAGNETISM; SCATTERING;

INELASTIC SCATTERING;

CHROMIUM;

EID: 0038276010     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001131     Document Type: Article

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