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Optics Communications

Near field diffraction grating for atoms

V. I. Balykin, Д. А. Лапшин, Maksim V. Subbotin, Vladilen S Letokhov

Published Jan 1, 1998• 3 citations
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10.1016/s0030-4018(97)00401-x

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