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Photon Pair generation from multiply excited states of simple molecules excited by single-photon absorption

丈 小田切, TAKESHI ODAGIRI, 誠 村田, makoto murata, 景勝 船津, keisyou funatsu, 健彦 田邊, Takehiko Tanabe, 昌史 北島, M. Kitajima, 宣之 河内, Noriyuki Kouchi

Published Jul 1, 2007• 0 citations
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