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Annual Meeting Optical Society of America

Microwave trap for neutral atoms

R. J. C. Spreeuw, Christoph Gerz, Lori S. Goldner, William D. Phillips, M. W. Reynolds, S. L. Rolston, Isaac F. Silvera, Christoph Ira Westbrook

Published Jan 1, 1993• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrated the microwave trap proposed for trapping atomic hydrogen by Agosta et al. [1].
DOI
10.1364/oam.1993.ml.3

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