A high-power tunable Raman fiber ring laser for the investigation of singlet oxygen production from direct laser excitation around 1270 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 22928-22936

  Anquez, Francois ^a   Courtade, Emmanuel ^a   Sivéry, Aude ^a   Suret, Pierre ^a   Randoux, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BANDPASS FILTERS; ETHANOL; LASER EXCITATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RING LASERS;

ACTION SPECTRA; HIGH-POWER; INTRACAVITIES; PHOTOTHERAPY; RAMAN FIBER; REACTIVE SPECIES; SINGLET OXYGEN; SINGLET OXYGEN PRODUCTION; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TUNABILITIES; TUNABLE BANDPASS FILTER;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 78149373820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022928     Document Type: Article

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