Teaching laser physics by experiments

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-93

  Henningsen, Jes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 78650741566     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3488984     Document Type: Article

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