Laser spectroscopy of the cesium dimer as a physics laboratory experiment

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1116-1120

  Terrell, Mark ^a   Masters, Mark F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

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EID: 0346614630     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18331     Document Type: Article

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