Femtosecond stimulated Raman scattering in pressurized gases in the ultraviolet and visible spectral ranges

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2910-2916

  Krylov, Vitaly ^a   Ollikainen, Olavi ^a   Wild, Urs P ^a   Rebane, Aleksander ^b   Bespalov, Victor G ^c   Staselko, Dmitry I ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0032262930     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002910     Document Type: Article

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