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Optical Fiber Technology

Design of a Highly Reliable and Low-Cost Optical Bench for Laser Cooling

Zhen Zhang, Jingfeng Xiang, Yiming Meng, Wei Ren, Siminda Deng, Desheng Lü

Published Jan 1, 2022• 5 citations
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10.1016/j.yofte.2022.102974

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