Samuel L. McCall

JUN 01, 1996

DOI: 10.1063/1.2807668

Richard E. Slusher

Philip M. Platzman

Erwin L. Hahn

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Richard E. Slusher, Lucent Technologies, (formerly AT&T Bell Laboratories) Murray Hill, New Jersey.

Philip M. Platzman, Lucent Technologies, (formerly AT&T Bell Laboratories) Murray Hill, New Jersey.

Erwin L. Hahn, University of California, Berkeley.

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