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9 - Lasers

from Part II - Advances and challenges

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. 278 - 341
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  • Lasers
  • Sergey V. Gaponenko, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Hilmi Volkan Demir, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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  • Book: Applied Nanophotonics
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