Optics inside an atom

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 34-54

  Stroud Jr , C R ^a   Noel, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039723131     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/opn.10.4.000034     Document Type: Article

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