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FIGURE 9 Partial view of ruggedized multiple-prism grating oscillator. (Reprinted with permis-
sion from Duarte et al. [72] and Elsevier Science.)

Master Forced
oscillator oscillator
Grating

FIGURE 1 0 Master-oscillator/forced-oscillator system. (Reprinted with permission from
Duarte and Conrad 1731.)

extremely important to applications in physics, spectroscopy, and other sciences.
A thorough and extensive description of this branch of dye lasers is given by
Hollberg [3]. Here some of the most important features of cw dye lasers and
their emission characteristics are surveyed.

4.1 Excitation Sources for cw Dye Lasers
The main sources of excitation for cw dye lasers are the argon ion (AI-+) and
the krypton ion (Kr+) lasers. These are conventional discharge lasers that emit