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Measurement and Analysis of Atomic Hydrogen and Diatomic Molecular AlO, C2, CN, and TiO Spectra Following Laser-induced Optical Breakdown
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Measurement and Analysis of Atomic Hydrogen and Diatomic Molecular AlO, C2, CN, and TiO Spectra Following Laser-induced Optical Breakdown

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Absorption line parameter measurements using laser spectroscopy

Z Kucerovsky, E Brannen, D G Rumbold

    Applied Optics
    |February 4, 2010
    PubMed

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