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Measurement of the amplitude, phaseand polarization state of coherent four-wave-mixing signals from quantum wells by dual channel spectral interferometry

David N. Fittinghoff, Wojciech J. Walecki, Arthur L. Smirl

Published Jan 1, 1997• 0 citations
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