Sub-Doppler cooling of87Rb atoms using decompressed magneto-optical trap technique

Dongfang ZHANG; Tianyou GAO; Lingran KONG; Kai LI; Kaijun JIANG

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461. 2018.03.008

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