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The European Physical Journal Plus

Two-dimensional atom localization by absorption spectrum using superposition of two super-Gaussian beams

Akhtar Zaman, Muhammad Haneef, Humayun Khan, Bakht Amin Bacha, A. Dahshan

Published May 1, 2022• 12 citations
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10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02836-y

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