Sub-atom shot noise Faraday imaging of ultracold atom clouds
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0953-4075,1361-6455
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/50/3/034004