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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Buffer gas cooling of a trapped ion to the quantum regime

Michał Tomza, Thomas Feldker, Henning A. Fürst, Henrik Hirzler, Norman Vincenz Ewald, M. Mazzanti, Dariusz Wiater, R. Gerritsma

Published Jun 5, 2020• 0 citations
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