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Applied Physics B

Decoding the dynamics of a single trapped atom from photon correlations

V. Gomer, B. Ueberholz, Svenja A. Knappe, Frank Strauch, Daniel Frese, Dieter Meschede

Published Dec 1, 1998• 27 citations
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10.1007/s003400050567

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