A visible extended cavity diode laser for the undergraduate laboratory

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 925-931

  Conroy, R S ^a   Carleton, A ^a   Carruthers, A ^a   Sinclair, B D ^a   Rae, C F ^a   Dholakia, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034409265     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1285896     Document Type: Article

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