Selective mode excitation in dye-doped DNA polyvinyl alcohol thin film

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3521-3525

  Balan, Nithyaja ^a   Hari, Misha ^a   Nampoori, Vadakkedathu Parameswaran ^a   Nampoori, Narayana ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; EMITTED SPECTRUM; FREQUENCY-DOUBLED ND:YAG LASER; LASER DYES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); PUMP ENERGIES; SELECTIVE MODE EXCITATION; THIN SOLID FILM;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLORING AGENT; DNA; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLID STATE LASER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLORING AGENTS; DNA; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RHODAMINES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 67749084349     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.003521     Document Type: Article

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