Behavior of atoms in a compressed magneto-optical trap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1332-1335

  Petrich, Wolfgang ^a   Anderson, Michael H ^a   Ensher, Jason R ^a   Cornell, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84975659947     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.11.001332     Document Type: Article

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