History of quantum electronics at the Moscow Lebedev and General Physics Institutes: Nikolaj Basov and Alexander Prokhorov

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Karlov, N V ^a   Krokhin, O N ^b   Lukishova, S G ^c  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASERS;

NOBEL PRIZES; SOVIET UNION;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 77957681017     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000F32     Document Type: Review

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