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Seyedfaraji,A. (2021). Enhancement of the Ring-Shaped Photonic Crystal Raman Amplifier Using Optofluidic Materials. Transactions on Machine Intelligence, 4(3), 169-181. doi: 10.47176/TMI.2021.169
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Seyedfaraji,A. . "Enhancement of the Ring-Shaped Photonic Crystal Raman Amplifier Using Optofluidic Materials", Transactions on Machine Intelligence, 4, 3, 2021, 169-181. doi: 10.47176/TMI.2021.169
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Seyedfaraji A. (2021). 'Enhancement of the Ring-Shaped Photonic Crystal Raman Amplifier Using Optofluidic Materials', Transactions on Machine Intelligence, 4(3), pp. 169-181. doi: 10.47176/TMI.2021.169
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A. Seyedfaraji, "Enhancement of the Ring-Shaped Photonic Crystal Raman Amplifier Using Optofluidic Materials," Transactions on Machine Intelligence, 4 3 (2021): 169-181, doi: 10.47176/TMI.2021.169
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Seyedfaraji A. Enhancement of the Ring-Shaped Photonic Crystal Raman Amplifier Using Optofluidic Materials. Trans. Mach. Intell., 2021; 4(3): 169-181. doi: 10.47176/TMI.2021.169
