All-solid-state far-UVC pulse laser at 222 nm wavelength for UVC disinfection

Qihui Luo; Jian Ma; Miao Wang; Tingting Lu; Xiaolei Zhu

doi:10.3788/COL202321.011401

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 1, 011401(2023)

All-solid-state far-UVC pulse laser at 222 nm wavelength for UVC disinfection

Qihui Luo^1,2, Jian Ma^1、*, Miao Wang^1,2, Tingting Lu^1、**, and Xiaolei Zhu^1,2,3

¹Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Apr. 18, 2022

Accepted: Jul. 15, 2022

Posted: Jul. 15, 2022

Published Online: Sep. 26, 2022

The Author Email: Jian Ma (majian@siom.ac.cn), Tingting Lu (tingting_lu@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.011401

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