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Annual Meeting Optical Society of America

Semitransparent mirror in atom optics

Weiping Zhang, Barry C. Sanders

Published Jan 1, 1993• 0 citations
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Abstract

A mirror which partially reflects and partially transmits an incoming atomic beam is proposed.
DOI
10.1364/oam.1993.mcc.4

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