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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Controlling number of atoms in a-few-atom magneto-optical trap and its application to the observation of antibunched resonance fluorescence

Seokchan Yoon, Youngwoon Choi, Sang‐Bum Park, Jaisoon Kim, Jai-Hyung Lee, Kyungwon An

Published Jan 1, 2005• 0 citations
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10.1109/iqec.2005.1561099

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