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6 - Stimulated emission and lasing

from Part I - Basics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2018

Sergey V. Gaponenko  and
Hilmi Volkan Demir
Sergey V. Gaponenko
Affiliation:
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Hilmi Volkan Demir
Affiliation:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Applied Nanophotonics , pp. 188 - 209
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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