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Brazilian Journal of Physics

Experimental creation and measurement of motional quantum states of a trapped ion

D. M. Meekhof, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Christopher R. Monroe, Brian King, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland

Published Jun 1, 1997• 1 citation
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