Investigation of two-photon-induced polarization spectroscopy of the a-X (1,0) transition in molecular nitrogen at elevated pressures

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1042-1048

  Kaminski, Clemens F ^a   Dreier, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0042687750     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.001042     Document Type: Article

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