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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N

All-Optical Atomic Clock Based on Coherent Population Trapping in 85Rb

Mikko Merimaa, Thomas Lindvall, Ilkka Juhani Tittonen, Erkki Ikonen

Published Jan 1, 2001• 0 citations
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