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Springer series in optical sciences/SPringer series in optical sciences

Spectral Narrowing and Related Effects of Collision Dynamics in Resonant Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing

Jenny Lam, Duncan G. Steel, R. A. McFarlane

Published Jan 1, 1983• 0 citations
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10.1007/978-3-540-38814-2_101

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