Bright hydrogen-light source due to a resonant energy transfer with strontium and argon ions

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Mills, Randell L ^a   Nansteel, Mark ^a   Ray, Paresh C ^a  

^a BlackLight Power Incorporated   (United States)

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EID: 3042563874     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/370     Document Type: Article

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