Tailored UV-laser source for fluorescence spectroscopy of biomolecules

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 444-449

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

^a Department of Physics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beam shaping; Beam transformation; Diode pump solid state laser; Optical parametric oscillator; Parametric devices; Ultraviolet generation

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BEAM SHAPING; BEAM TRANSFORMATION; DIODE PUMP SOLID-STATE LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET GENERATION;

ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

EID: 33846448167     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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