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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Imaging of Multi-Level Atoms in Deep Optical-Micro Traps

Tzahi Grünzweig, Andrew J. Hilliard, M. McGovern, Peter D. McDowall, Mikkel F. Andersen

Published May 26, 2010• 0 citations
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