An extended cavity diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:KGW laser for applications in optical DNA sensor technology based on fluorescence lifetime measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5285-5294

  Major, Arkady ^a   Barzda, Virginijus ^a   Piunno, Paul A E ^a   Musikhin, Sergei ^a   Krull, Ulrich J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PUMPING (LASER);

CAVITY DIODE-PUMPED FEMTOSECOND YB:KGW LASER; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; LASER RADIATION; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING TECHNIQUE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33745123382     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005285     Document Type: Article

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