Efficient atomic beam splitters based on Talbot array illumination

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 873-877

  Rohwedder, B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 13444276407     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00021148     Document Type: Article

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