Research Article
Laser-Induced Fluorescence Studies on Some Edible Oils and Aromatic Frankincense Oil Excited by Blue and Violet Diode Lasers at 447 nm and 405 nm
Table 1
Advantages and disadvantages of diode lasers as LIF excitation sources.
| Types | Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Diode lasers | Compact, easy to use, low cost, no moving parts, relatively inexpensive | Only specific wavelengths available, limited output power, large bandwidths in case of multimode lasers | Other conventional lasers | Wider choice of wavelengths available, can be high power, narrow bandwidth | Bulky, expensive, often requiring high voltages for operation, may require maintenance |
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