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Sorokina, 9783642056192, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Towards highpower midinfrared emission from a fibre laser. Cilas has designed a solid state laser source ssls adapted for dircm jamming and has delivered a prototype to dgami for testing and evaluation. Solidstate midinfrared laser sources topics in applied.
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