A novel UV-laser source for fluorescence excitation of proteins

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5617, Issue , 2004, Pages 261-268

  Tiihonen, M ^a   Pasiskevicius, V ^a   Laurell, F ^a   Lindgren, M ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diode pump solid state laser; Optical parametric oscillator; Parametric devices; Ultra violet generation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCIES; LASER PULSES; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DIODE PUMP SOLID-STATE LASER; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; ULTRA VIOLET GENERATION; WAVELENGTH;

PROTEINS;

EID: 17644394564     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.568436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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