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Optics Communications

Diffraction and reflection of a slow metastable neon beam by an evanescent light grating

Michael Christ, A. Scholz, M. Schiffer, Rainer A. Deutschmann, Wolfgang A. Ertmer

Published Apr 1, 1994• 37 citations
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10.1016/0030-4018(94)90023-x

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