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Bistable optical transmission through arrays of atoms in free space

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Bistable optical transmission through arrays of atoms in free space. / Parmee, Christopher; Ruostekoski, Janne.
In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 103, No. 3, 033706, 15.03.2021.

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Parmee, C & Ruostekoski, J 2021, 'Bistable optical transmission through arrays of atoms in free space', Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 103, no. 3, 033706. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.033706

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Parmee, C., & Ruostekoski, J. (2021). Bistable optical transmission through arrays of atoms in free space. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 103(3), Article 033706. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.033706

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Parmee C, Ruostekoski J. Bistable optical transmission through arrays of atoms in free space. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 2021 Mar 15;103(3):033706. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.033706

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Parmee, Christopher ; Ruostekoski, Janne. / Bistable optical transmission through arrays of atoms in free space. In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 2021 ; Vol. 103, No. 3.

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