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Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics

Parallel fabrication of atomic nanostructures

V. I. Balykin, P. A. Borisov, Vladilen S Letokhov, Павел Николаевич Мелентьев, S. N. Rudnev, A. P. Cherkun, A. P. Akimenko, Pavel Yu. Apel, Vladimir A. Skuratov

Published Feb 1, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

A new approach to fabrication of atomic nanostructures for atomic nanooptics is reported, which is based on the use of one-, two-, and three-dimensional spatial localization of laser fields at the nanoscale level, and fabrication of atomic nanostructures on a surface is demonstrated.
DOI
10.3103/s1062873808020184

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