Light scattering from ultracold atoms in optical lattices as an optical probe of quantum statistics

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Light scattering from ultracold atoms in optical lattices as an optical probe of quantum statistics. / Mekhov, Igor B.; Maschler, Christoph; Ritsch, Helmut.

In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 76, No. 5, 053618, 21.11.2007.

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Mekhov, Igor B. ; Maschler, Christoph ; Ritsch, Helmut. / Light scattering from ultracold atoms in optical lattices as an optical probe of quantum statistics. In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 2007 ; Vol. 76, No. 5.

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