Increased efficiency of vacuum ultraviolet generation by stimulated anti-Stokes Raman scattering with Stokes seeding

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 36, 1998, Pages 8453-8459

  Goehlich, Alexandra ^a   Czarnetzki, U ^a   Dobele H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0000780517     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008453     Document Type: Article

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