A scanning electron microscope for ultracold atoms

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 415-419

  Gericke, T ^a   Utfeld, C ^a   Hommerstad, N ^a   Ott, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron atom scattering; Scanning electron microscopy; Single atom detection; Ultracold quantum gases

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846355794     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200610028     Document Type: Article

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