Focusing a helium atom beam using a quantum-reflection mirror

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schewe, H Christian ^a   Zhao, Bum Suk ^a   Meijer, Gerard ^a   Schöllkopf, Wieland ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ELLIPTICAL MIRRORS; GRAZING INCIDENCE; HELIUM ATOM; KIRKPATRICK-BAEZ; MICRO-PROBES; QUANTUM REFLECTION; REFLECTION MIRRORS; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS;

ATOMS; FOCUSING; MIRRORS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVITY; REFLECTION;

HELIUM;

EID: 72049088809     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/11/113030     Document Type: Article

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