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A little diamond goes a long way

The demonstration of a solid-state yellow laser based on diamond could bring new levels of convenience and capability for biomedical applications.

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Figure 1: Raman shift and diamond Raman laser design.

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Greentree, A., Prawer, S. A little diamond goes a long way. Nature Photon 4, 202–203 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.82

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