Spin-noise spectroscopy: From proof of principle to applications

Advances in Optics and Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-168

  Zapasskii, Valerii S ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84879289497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AOP.5.000131     Document Type: Article

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