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Dynamics of Solid-State Coherent Light Sources

Upconversion Luminescence Dynamics

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Pollnau, M. (2005). Dynamics of Solid-State Coherent Light Sources. In: Di Bartolo, B., Forte, O. (eds) Frontiers of Optical Spectroscopy. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 168. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2751-6_16

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