Optical studies of Nd-doped benzil, a potential luminescent and laser material

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5737-5742

  Noginov, M A ^a   Curley, M ^b   Noginova, N ^a   Wang, W S ^b   Aggarwal, M D ^b  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0342582505     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005737     Document Type: Article

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