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Towards Coherent Matter Wave Optics with Macromolecules

Markus Arndt, Olaf Nairz, Gerbrand van der Zouw, Anton Zeilinger

Published Jan 1, 1999• 2 citations
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10.1007/978-94-017-1454-9_18

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