A UV laser source for biological and chemical sensing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5240, Issue , 2004, Pages 127-136

  Tiihonen, Mikael ^a   Pasiskevicius, Valdas ^a   Laurell, Fredrik ^a   Hammarstrom, Per ^b   Lindgren, Mikael ^c,d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biological sensing; Chemical sensing; Optical parametric oscillator; Sum frequency mixing; Ultraviolet laser source

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHED LASERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL SENSING; CHEMICAL SENSING; SUM FREQUENCY MIXING; ULTRAVIOLET LASER SOURCES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 1842635728     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.510471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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