Magneto-optical trapping of chromium atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 534071-534076

  Bradley, C C ^a,b   McClelland, J J ^a   Anderson, W R ^a,c   Celotta, R J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lighthouse Inc   (United States)

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