Vertical ramp-actuated inertial micropositioner with a rolling-balls guide

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-139

  Yakimov, V N ^a  

^a NUCLEAR SAFETY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 4043165459     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1147848     Document Type: Article

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