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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Measuring the velocity of individual atoms by laser resonance flourescence

C. Y. She, Ci‐Ling Pan, John V. Prodan, W. Fairbank

Published Sep 1, 1979• 0 citations
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10.1109/jqe.1979.1070291

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