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Optics Communications

Two-dimensional resonance ionization imaging with a low pressure mercury atom vapor cell

Oleg I. Matveev, Benjamin W. Smith, James D. Winefordner

Published Nov 1, 1998• 7 citations
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10.1016/s0030-4018(98)00458-1

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