Pulsed single-mode dye laser for coherent control experiments

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2259-2264

  Corless, John D ^a   West, James A ^a   Bromage, Jake ^a   Stroud Jr , C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000472270     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1148056     Document Type: Article

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