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Lecture notes in physics

Atomic motion in a resonant laser standing wave

Jean Dalibard, A. Heidmann, Ch Salomon, Alain Aspect, H. Metcalf, Claude N. Cohen-Tannoudji

Published Jan 1, 1987• 0 citations
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10.1007/3-540-18035-4_69

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