Radiative lifetimes of Dy I and Dy II

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2788-2799

  Curry, J J ^a   Den Hartog, E A ^a   Lawler, J E ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

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EID: 0031527889     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002788     Document Type: Article

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