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Blue-Green dye laser seeded operation of a terawatt excimer amplifier

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Tittel, F.K., Hofmann, T., Sharp, T.E., Wisoff, P.J., Wilson, W.L., Szabó, G. (1992). Blue-Green dye laser seeded operation of a terawatt excimer amplifier. In: Stuke, M. (eds) Dye Lasers: 25 Years. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 70. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54953-6_10

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