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The long journey to the laser and its rapid development after 1960

Wolfgang Zinth, Alfred Laubereau and Wolfgang Kaiser

Eur. Phys. J. H, 36 2 (2011) 153-181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2011-20016-0

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