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Optical Sensing of point and line defects in Fe-doped bulk ZnSe crystals

Leslie Scheurer·Lauren Gower·Eric Bowman·Jakob Peabody·Enrique Leitz·Ching Hua Su·Florence Lucey·Bradley Arnold·Fow-Sen Choa·Brian Cullum·N B Singh
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Leslie Scheurer, Lauren Gower, Eric Bowman, Jakob Peabody, Enrique Leitz, Ching Hua Su, Florence Lucey, Bradley Arnold, Fow-Sen Choa, Brian Cullum, N B Singh. Optical Sensing of point and line defects in Fe-doped bulk ZnSe crystals. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20260003314

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