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Noncoherent Feedback in Space Masers and Stellar Lasers

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The discovery of quantum electronics was an inevitable and logical stage in the practical application of the laws of quantum physics that is rightfully considered one of the most important scientific technological achievements of the 20th century.

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Letokhov, V.S. (1996). Noncoherent Feedback in Space Masers and Stellar Lasers. In: Chiao, R.Y. (eds) Amazing Light. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2378-8_41

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