Optical mask for laser-cooled atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 5-

  Turlapov, Andrey ^a   Tonyushkin, Alexei ^a   Sleator, Tycho ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85037203142     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.023408     Document Type: Article

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