Absorption spectroscopy at the limit: Detection of a single atom

Optics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 389-391

  Wineland, D J ^a   Itano, Wayne M ^a   Bergquist, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84975624530     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.12.000389     Document Type: Article

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