Two-photon-pumped frequency-upconverted blue lasing in coumarin dye solution

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5720-5726

  He, Guang S ^a   Signorini, Raffaella ^a   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0001614959     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005720     Document Type: Article

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