APPLIED LASER, Volume. 41, Issue 2, 374(2021)

Study on Permanent Magnet Zeeman Slower for Laser Cooling of Ytterbium Atoms

Zhang Sheng*, Luo Limeng, Ai Di, Qiao Hao, Zhou Min, and Xu Xinye
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    Zhang Sheng, Luo Limeng, Ai Di, Qiao Hao, Zhou Min, Xu Xinye. Study on Permanent Magnet Zeeman Slower for Laser Cooling of Ytterbium Atoms[J]. APPLIED LASER, 2021, 41(2): 374

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    Received: Nov. 18, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 13, 2021

    The Author Email: Sheng Zhang (1627729724@qq.com)

    DOI:10.14128/j.cnki.al.20214102.374

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