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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 389–396, March, 1982.
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Stepanov, B.I., Trushin, S.A. & Churakov, V.V. Theory of molecular difference frequency laser excitation by optical pumping under saturation conditions. J Appl Spectrosc 36, 276–282 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00659757
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