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Intensity Dependent Frequency Shift in Ruby Laser Giant Pulses

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IN the course of a general investigation of the spectral outputs of highly monochromatic giant pulse ruby lasers1 we have detected an intensity dependent frequency shift.

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BRADLEY, D., MAGYAR, G. & RICHARDSON, M. Intensity Dependent Frequency Shift in Ruby Laser Giant Pulses. Nature 212, 63–64 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212063a0

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