Visible and near-infrared laser emission of pigment extracted from green algae in microdroplet mixed with highly scattering Intralipid-10%

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 1797-1798

  Taniguchi, H ^a   Tanosaki, S ^a   Devaraj, B ^b   Inaba, H ^b,c  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Biophotonics Info Laboratories   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lasers; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GLYCEROL; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PIGMENTS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

INTRALIPIDS; LIQUID MICRODROPLETS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031561285     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971215     Document Type: Article

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