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QUANTUM ELECTRONICS III. VOLUME 1.

P. Grivet, N. Bloembergen

Published Jan 1, 1964• 0 citations
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Contents: Theory of coherence and noise; Optical pumping and magnetometers; Molecular beam masers; Gas lasers; Spectroscopy of solid state maser materials; Solid state masers.

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