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1 June 1989 Ultraviolet Waveguide Lasers
C.Paul Christensen
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Abstract
Excimer lasers are recognized for their efficiency in the ultraviolet. Fully utilizing the capabilities of the excimer medium, however, has always been a challenging engineering problem. Ultraviolet waveguide lasers combine optical waveguiding concepts, microwave discharge excitation, and excimer laser technology to produce a family of compact lasers with novel operating parameters. These new uv sources find a wide variety of applications in direct-write photoablation, microsurgery, and fluorescence instrumentation. They also can serve as master oscillators in larger excimer systems.
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C.Paul Christensen "Ultraviolet Waveguide Lasers", Proc. SPIE 1041, Metal Vapor Laser Technology and Applications, (1 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951241
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KEYWORDS
Waveguide lasers

Ultraviolet radiation

Excimer lasers

Waveguides

Spatial resolution

Mirrors

Gas lasers

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