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Europhysics Letters (EPL)

On-Line Measurement of Sub-Doppler Temperatures in a Rb Magneto-optical Trap by Trap Centre Oscillations

Peter Kohns, P. Buch, Wenko Süptitz, C. Csambal, Wolfgang A. Ertmer

Published Jul 10, 1993• 32 citations
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Abstract

Erratum of Europhys. Lett. 22 (7) pp 517
DOI
10.1209/0295-5075/23/2/013

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