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Scientific-Research Institute of Radiophysics, Gor'kii University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 1433–1466, October, 1970.

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Bespalov, V.I., Kubarev, A.M. & Pasmanik, G.A. Stimulated Rayleigh light scattering A review. Radiophys Quantum Electron 13, 1103–1130 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01031003

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