Laser cooling transitions in atomic erbium

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3185-3195

  Ban, H Y ^a,b   Jacka, M ^a,c   Hanssen, J L ^a   Reader, J ^a   Mc Clelland, J J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010174907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003185     Document Type: Article

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