Tunable lasers with high conversion efficiency

Work by scientists of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences' Institute of Electronics is opening up new prospects for the utilization of laser technology. These scientists have succeeded in raising the smooth conversion efficiency of laser radiation to 75 percent. This is almost five times as high as the characteristics that were previously achieved. Quantum oscillators that are tunable over a wide range of the spectrum are finding use in spectroscopy, holography, chemistry, biology, and in the development of flexible laser systems.