Abstract

There is a vast need for compact UV-light sources e.g. in fields like spectroscopy, bioanalysis and micromachining. Pulsed UV sources extend the spectroscopic analysis to the time resolved regime. Passively Q-switched solid state lasers can produce high peak powers even at the UV range when compared to semiconductor sources. High intensity enables studies with low sample volumes and higher signal levels when compared to the semiconductor light sources in the UV range.

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