A quantum gas microscope for detecting single atoms in a Hubbard-regime optical lattice
10.1038/nature08482
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Bakr, W. S., Gillen, J. I., Peng, A., Fölling, S., & Greiner, M. (2009). A quantum gas microscope for detecting single atoms in a Hubbard-regime optical lattice. Nature, 462(7269), 74–77.

Authors 5
  1. Waseem S. Bakr (first)
  2. Jonathon I. Gillen (additional)
  3. Amy Peng (additional)
  4. Simon Fölling (additional)
  5. Markus Greiner (additional)
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