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High-power diode laser pumps for alkali lasers (DPALs)

02/22/2012 We present performance data of recent high-power laser diodes emitting at typical pump wavelengths for alkali vapor lasers: 852 nm for cesium, 780 nm for rubidium, 766 nm for potassium, and 670 nm for lithium atoms. Due to different approaches in ...

Filters for Laser Based Microscopes

01/27/2012 Due to many desirable properties such as high brightness, stability, longevity, and narrow spectral bandwidth, lasers have been advantageously replacing conventional broadband light sources for fluorescence imaging applications. Not only have the...

Multimodal Nonlinear Optical Imaging

01/05/2012 Nonlinear optical (NLO) imaging is a powerful microscopy technique that has found increasing use in the field of biomedical optics. Ultrafast laser excitation is used to exploit several nonlinear optical effects that can provide high-contrast imag...