Design and development of stimulated Raman spectroscopy apparatus using a femtosecond laser system

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1551-1559

  Mallick, Babita ^a   Lakshmanna, Adithya ^a   Radhalakshmi, V ^a   Umapathy, Siva ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Design and development; Laser system; Optical pulses; Stimulated Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049143565     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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