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Generation of Optical Harmonics
Phys. Rev. Lett. 7, 118 – Published 15 August, 1961
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.7.118
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- T. H. Maiman, Nature 187, 493 (1960)
- R. J. Collins et al., Phys. Rev. Letters 5, 303 (1960)
- A. Javan, W. R. Bennet, and D. R. Herriott, Phys. Rev. Letters 6, 106 (1961)
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