Femtosecond torsional relaxation

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-231

  Clark, J ^a   Nelson, T ^b   Tretiak, S ^b   Cirmi, G ^c   Lanzani, G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 84857786696     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2210     Document Type: Article

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