From flashlamp-pumped liquid dye lasers to diode-pumped solid-state dye lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 194-207

  Aldag, Henry R ^a   Titterton, David H ^b  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dye lasers; Dye laser applications; Liquid lasers; Near IR lasers; Solid state lasers; Tunability; Visible band lasers

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; DYE-LASER APPLICATIONS; NEAR-IR LASERS; TUNABILITY; VISIBLE-BAND LASERS;

BANDWIDTH; FLASHLIGHTS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER THEORY; LIQUID LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 21844460485     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.602531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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