Two novel nonlinear optical carbonates in the deep-ultraviolet region: KBeCO3 F and RbAlCO 3 F 2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kang, Lei ^a,c   Lin, Zheshuai ^a   Qin, Jingui ^b   Chen, Chuangtian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84875161540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01366     Document Type: Article

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