High-power broadly tunable picosecond IR laser system for use in nonlinear spectroscopic applications

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2075-2083

  Gragson, D E ^a   Mc Carty, B M ^a   Richmond, G L ^a   Alavi, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0030524078     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002075     Document Type: Article

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