VI Quantum Phase Properties of Nonlinear Optical Phenomena

Progress in Optics

Volumn 35, Issue C, 1996, Pages 355-446

  Tanas R ^a   Miranowicz, A ^a   Gantsog, Ts ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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EID: 0343615555     PISSN: 00796638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6638(08)70532-8     Document Type: Article

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