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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 8, 080201(2023)

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

Hui Li¹, Biao Wu¹, Jiachen Yu¹, Xiaolong Yuan¹, Xiaoji Zhou¹, Bin Wang², Weibiao Chen², Wei Xiong^1、*, and Xuzong Chen^1、**

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¹Institute of Quantum Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

²Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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Hui Li, Biao Wu, Jiachen Yu, Xiaolong Yuan, Xiaoji Zhou, Bin Wang, Weibiao Chen, Wei Xiong, Xuzong Chen. Momentum filtering scheme of cooling atomic clouds for the Chinese Space Station[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(8): 080201

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Paper Information

Category: Atomic and Molecular Optics

Received: Jan. 16, 2023

Accepted: Apr. 25, 2023

Published Online: Aug. 11, 2023

The Author Email: Wei Xiong (xiong-wei@pku.edu.cn), Xuzong Chen (xuzongchen@pku.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.080201

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