Electron holography - Basics and applications

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lichte, Hannes ^a   Lehmann, Michael ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 41849094851     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/71/1/016102     Document Type: Article

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