optical wavelength — длина оптической волны
spin-wave wavelength — длина спиновой волны
natural wavelength — собственная длина волны
reduced wavelength — приведенная длина волны
threshold wavelength — пороговая длина волны
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary. 2014.
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