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Optics Communications

Observation of self-oscillation in ring cavities with sodium vapor phase conjugate mirrors

E. Le Bihan, Philippe Verkerk, M. Pinard, G. Grynberg

Published Dec 1, 1985• 13 citations
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10.1016/0030-4018(85)90117-8

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