A high intensity source with narrow spectral bandwidth, with and without frequency doubling and/or Raman shifting. Its use may enable the spectral apparatus to be omitted. Tunable lasers may be either continuous (
CW) or pulsed in nature.
Source:
PAC, 1988, 60, 1449. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VII. Molecular absorption spectroscopy, ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) (Recommendations 1988)' on page 1453 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198860091449)