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arXiv:physics/0402106 · Optics Communications

Creating a self-induced dark spontaneous-force optical trap for neutral atoms

Sérgio Ricardo Muniz, K. M. F. Magalhães, E. A. L. Henn, Luís Gustavo Marcassa, Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato

Published Mar 6, 2004• 8 citations
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10.1016/j.optcom.2004.02.062

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