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Note to the First Edition from the Series Editor |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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About the Editor |
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Contributors |
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1 | (14) |
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Tunable Laser Complementarity |
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4 | (1) |
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Tunable Laser Applications |
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5 | (1) |
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Tunable Laser Applications: First Edition |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (9) |
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9 | (1) |
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9 | (6) |
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Spectroscopic Applications of Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators |
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15 | (82) |
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Introduction: ``Good-Bye to Ti: and Dye''? |
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16 | (1) |
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Optical Parametric Devices: How They Operate |
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17 | (11) |
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Optical Parametric Processes |
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17 | (5) |
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Χ(2)-Based Optical Parametric Gain and Amplification |
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22 | (3) |
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Choice of Optical Parametric Gain Medium |
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25 | (2) |
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Operating Regimes for Optical Parametric Processes |
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27 | (1) |
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Elements of Optical Parametric Oscillator Design |
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28 | (6) |
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Nanosecond-Pulsed Optical Parametric Oscillator |
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29 | (1) |
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Continuous-Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators |
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30 | (1) |
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Ultrafast Optical Parametric Oscillators |
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31 | (2) |
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Optical Parametric Devices for Spectroscopic Applications |
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33 | (1) |
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Optical Bandwidth Control in Nanosecond-Pulsed OPOs |
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34 | (16) |
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Factors Influencing Optical Bandwidth and Tunability |
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35 | (3) |
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Injection-Seeded Pulsed OPOs: Early Days |
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38 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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Mechanism of Injection-Seeded OPOs |
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39 | (1) |
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Passively Seeded OPO Cavities |
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40 | (1) |
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Multiplex and Multiwavelength Seeded OPOs |
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41 | (1) |
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Injection-Seeded Pulsed OPOs: Recent Progress |
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42 | (1) |
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Actively Seeded OPO Cavities |
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42 | (2) |
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Intensity-Dip OPO Cavity Control |
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44 | (1) |
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Self-Adaptive Tunable OPO |
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44 | (2) |
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Chirp-Controlled, Injection-Seeded OPOs |
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46 | (3) |
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Dynamics of SLM Pulsed OPO Operation |
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49 | (31) |
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Spectroscopic Measurements Using OPOs |
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50 | (20) |
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Spectroscopic Verification of OPO Performance |
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50 | (7) |
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OPO-Spectroscopic Sensing of Atoms and Molecules |
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57 | (1) |
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Fundamental OPO Spectroscopy of Atoms, Molecules, and Ions |
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57 | (2) |
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OPO Applications in Atmospheric Sensing |
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59 | (2) |
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OPO Applications in Industrial and Environmental Monitoring |
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61 | (4) |
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CARS Microscopy: A Biomedical Application of OPOs |
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65 | (1) |
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Background to CARS Microscopy |
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65 | (1) |
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Instrumentation for CARS Microscopy |
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66 | (1) |
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Challenges for CARS Microscopy |
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66 | (2) |
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OPO Systems for CARS Microscopy |
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68 | (2) |
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Concluding Remarks: New Frontiers for OPO Spectroscopy |
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70 | (27) |
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Prospects for Orientation-Patterned GaAs |
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70 | (1) |
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Backward (Mirrorless) OPOs |
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70 | (1) |
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Terahertz Waves from OPGs and OPOs |
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71 | (1) |
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Photonic Crystals Meet OPOs |
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72 | (1) |
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Epilogue: A Selective View of OPOs and Spectroscopy |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (23) |
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97 | (24) |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (21) |
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100 | (10) |
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Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials |
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110 | (4) |
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Silicon-Modified Organic Matrices |
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114 | (2) |
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Polymers with Nano- and Microparticles |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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Tunable Lasers Based on Dye-Doped Polymer Gain Media Incorporating Homogeneous Distributions of Functional Nanoparticles |
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121 | (22) |
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121 | (2) |
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Tunable Laser Oscillator Review |
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123 | (3) |
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Synthesis of DDPN Laser Gain Media |
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126 | (3) |
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Experimental Results and Laser Emission |
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129 | (4) |
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129 | (4) |
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Interferometric Interpretation |
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133 | (3) |
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Invisibility of Nanoparticle Distributions in the Visible Electromagnetic Spectrum |
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136 | (1) |
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Future Applications of DDPN Gain Media in Spectroscopy and Medicine |
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137 | (6) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (4) |
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Broadly Tunable External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers |
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143 | (36) |
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143 | (1) |
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Dispersive Oscillator Cavities |
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144 | (5) |
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Optimized Dispersive Oscillator Cavities |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (14) |
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Interference and Diffraction |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (5) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Tuning Miniature MEMS-Driven Cavities |
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159 | (4) |
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Tuning Using Bragg Gratings |
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163 | (1) |
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Performance of Tunable External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers |
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163 | (3) |
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Performance of Ultrashort-Pulse External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (9) |
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172 | (7) |
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179 | (18) |
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179 | (1) |
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Core and Cladding Pumped Fiber Lasers |
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180 | (2) |
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Tunable Fiber Laser Configurations |
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182 | (8) |
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Multiple-Prism Grating Configuration |
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187 | (3) |
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Demonstrated Tunable Fiber Laser Performance |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (4) |
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194 | (3) |
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Fiber Laser Overview and Medical Applications |
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197 | (30) |
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197 | (1) |
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Lasers in Medicine and Life Sciences |
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198 | (4) |
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Optical versus Thermal Response |
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200 | (2) |
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Principles, Types, and Performance of Fiber Lasers |
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202 | (7) |
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Host Fibers: Silica-, Phosphate-, and Fluoride-Based Glasses |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (2) |
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Pumping and Laser Efficiency |
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207 | (1) |
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Advantages and Challenges |
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208 | (1) |
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Gain Materials and Operational Mode Relation to Particular Applications |
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209 | (18) |
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209 | (4) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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Co-Doped and ZBLAN Fiber Lasers |
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216 | (1) |
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Supercontinuum Fiber Lasers |
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217 | (3) |
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Making and Marking Tools and Instruments for the Medical Industry |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (6) |
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Medical Applications of Dye Lasers |
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227 | (18) |
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227 | (1) |
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Laser Treatment of Vascular Lesions |
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228 | (3) |
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Laser Treatment of Port-Wine Stains |
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229 | (1) |
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Laser Treatment of Hemangiomas |
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230 | (1) |
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Laser Treatment of Scars and Keloids |
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231 | (1) |
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Laser Treatment of Tattoos |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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Dye Lasers for Photodynamic Therapy |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (7) |
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239 | (6) |
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Biological Microscopy with Ultrashort Laser Pulses |
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245 | (36) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (10) |
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247 | (4) |
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Signal Increase and Resolution Enhancement |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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Coherent Quantum Control in Microscopy |
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252 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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Microscopy with Time and Coherence Gating |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (3) |
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Femtosecond Oscillators (Kerr-Lens Modelocked Lasers) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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External Storage Cavities |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Examples of Nonlinear Microscopic Imaging and Applications Using Short Laser Pulses |
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259 | (17) |
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Multiphoton Fluorescence Microscopy |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Advantages and Applications |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (1) |
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Resolution in Multiphoton Fluorescence Microscopy |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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Geometric Properties of Harmonic Sources and Emissions |
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265 | (2) |
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Advantages and Applications of SHG |
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267 | (2) |
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Third Harmonic Generation |
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269 | (1) |
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Four-Wave Mixing Microscopies |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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Advantages and Applications |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (3) |
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Short-Pulse Lasers and CARS |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (5) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (5) |
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Pulsed, Tunable, Monochromatic X-Rays: Medical and Nonmedical Applications |
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281 | (30) |
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281 | (2) |
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The Medical Free-Electron Laser Program |
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283 | (6) |
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How Do Monochromatic X-Rays Differ from Other X-Rays Currently Available? |
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284 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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Desirable Design Characteristics for a Practical Compact Device |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (17) |
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289 | (8) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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Tunable, Monochromatic Mammography in 3D without Brest Compression |
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298 | (3) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (2) |
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304 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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Military and Industrial Applications |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (5) |
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306 | (5) |
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Lithium Spectroscopy Using Tunable Diode Lasers |
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311 | (30) |
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311 | (1) |
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Description of Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (1) |
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Semiquantitative Ideas at Two-Level Atoms |
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314 | (1) |
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Detailed Saturated Absorption Calculations Using Matrix Elements |
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315 | (4) |
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The Saturated Absorption Spectrometer |
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319 | (1) |
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Spectroscopic Calculations |
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320 | (1) |
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Using a Diode Laser for Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
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321 | (9) |
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322 | (1) |
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Estimate of the Laser-Produced Ions at the End of a Laser Pulse |
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323 | (3) |
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Resonance Ionization Spectrometer |
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326 | (2) |
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Resonance Ionization Spectra |
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328 | (1) |
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Discussion and Conclusion |
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329 | (1) |
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Lithium Isotope Separation Using Tunable Diode Lasers |
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330 | (6) |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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Isotope Separation Appratus |
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332 | (1) |
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Calibration of the Magnetic Sector |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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Lithium Laser Isotope Separation |
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334 | (2) |
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Discussion and Conclusion |
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336 | (1) |
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Application of Lithium Isotopes |
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336 | (5) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (4) |
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341 | (34) |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (2) |
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344 | (4) |
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348 | (4) |
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Interferometric Calculations |
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352 | (5) |
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357 | (14) |
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Densitometry in the Macroscopic Domain |
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357 | (2) |
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Detection of Surface Microdefects |
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359 | (2) |
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Photographic Film Grain Structure |
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361 | (2) |
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Assessment of Transmission Gratings and MTF |
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363 | (1) |
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Theoretical Enhancement of the Resolution of Photodiode Arrays |
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364 | (1) |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (1) |
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Secure Interferometric Communications in Free Space |
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366 | (1) |
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Interferometry in Textiles |
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367 | (2) |
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Applications to Biomedicine |
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369 | (2) |
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371 | (4) |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (3) |
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Multiple-Prism Arrays and Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders: Laser Optics and Scientific Applications |
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375 | (14) |
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375 | (1) |
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Dispersion Theory of Multiple-Prism Arrays |
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375 | (8) |
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The Interferometric Origin of Dispersion |
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380 | (3) |
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Applications to Laser Optics |
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383 | (1) |
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Applications to Laser Spectroscopy and Sequential Laser Excitation |
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383 | (1) |
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Applications to Guide Stars and Astronomy |
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384 | (1) |
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Applications to Pulse Compression in Ultrashort Pulse Lasers |
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384 | (1) |
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Applications to Microscopy and Ultrafast Spectroscopy |
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385 | (1) |
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Applications to Interferometry and Optical Metrology |
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385 | (4) |
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386 | (3) |
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Coherent Electrically Excited Organic Semiconductors |
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389 | (16) |
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389 | (1) |
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Tunable Narrow-Linewidth Solid-State Organic Lasers |
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390 | (2) |
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Spatial and Spectral Coherence |
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392 | (1) |
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Electrically Excited Interferometric Emitter |
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393 | (2) |
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Measured Beam Divergence and Interferograms |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (3) |
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Physical Interpretation of the Measurements |
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399 | (2) |
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Interferometric Linewidth Estimate |
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400 | (1) |
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Coherent Emission and Laser Emission |
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401 | (4) |
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402 | (3) |
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Appendix on Optical Quantities and Conversions of Units |
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405 | (4) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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Photon-Energy Wavelength Equivalence |
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407 | (2) |
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407 | (2) |
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