Coupled-pendulum model of the stimulated resonance Raman effect

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1613-1623

  Hemmer, P R ^a   Prentiss, M G ^b,c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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EID: 0013402746     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.5.001613     Document Type: Article

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