Momentum filtering scheme of cooling atomic clouds for the Chinese Space Station

Hui Li; Biao Wu; Jiachen Yu; Xiaolong Yuan; Xiaoji Zhou; Bin Wang; Weibiao Chen; Wei Xiong; Xuzong Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202321.080201

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