High-power solid-state cw dye laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 26382-26393

  Bornemann, R ^a   Thiel, E ^a,b   Bolivar P h p Haring ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b ERT OPTIK Dr Thiel GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LOW NOISE LEVELS; ORGANIC DYE MOLECULES; PEAK OUTPUT POWER; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; TUNABLE SOLID STATE DYE LASERS;

DYE LASERS;

COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER;

COLORING AGENTS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS;

EID: 84555169094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026382     Document Type: Article

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