Nonlinear optics at maximum coherence

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1733, 1997, Pages 2291-2304

  Harris, S E ^a   Yin, G Y ^a   Jain, M ^a   Xia, H ^a   Merriam, A J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042911549     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0127     Document Type: Article

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