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Combining concepts from Doppler-free spectroscopy, coherent quantum control and frequency comb spectroscopy leads to new opportunities for the precision excitation of atomic species with high resolution, both spectrally and spatially.

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Figure 1: Spatial coherent control demonstrations in Barmes et al4.

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  1. Andrew M. Weiner is at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA,

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Weiner, A. Spatial coherent control. Nature Photon 7, 6–8 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.334

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