Generation and temporally resolved detection of laser-induced gratings by a single, pulsed Nd:YAG laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1001-1007

  Hemmerling, Bernd ^a   Kozlov, Dimitrii N ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001753650     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001001     Document Type: Article

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