Theoretical comparisons of average normalized gain calculations

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 917-922

  Bao, Lei ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749551257     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2213632     Document Type: Article

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