Development of a narrow-band, tunable, frequency-quadrupled diode laser for UV absorption spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3954-3960

  Koplow, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Goldberg, Lew ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

FREQUENCY QUADRUPLING; NITRIC OXIDE;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032095152     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003954     Document Type: Article

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