Generation of vacuum ultraviolet radiation for precision laser spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7776-7778

  Melikechi, Noureddine ^a   Gangopadhyay, Shubhagat ^b   Eyler, Edward E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b APA Optronics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0141518420     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007776     Document Type: Article

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