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Light scattering for thermometry of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice. / Ruostekoski, J.; Foot, C.J.; Deb, A.B.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 103, No. 17, 170404, 23.10.2009.

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Ruostekoski J, Foot CJ, Deb AB. Light scattering for thermometry of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice. Physical review letters. 2009 Oct 23;103(17):170404. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.170404

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Ruostekoski, J. ; Foot, C.J. ; Deb, A.B. / Light scattering for thermometry of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice. In: Physical review letters. 2009 ; Vol. 103, No. 17.

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