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Table 2 Performances of a solid-state laser and a fiber laser for PAM

From: Fiber laser technologies for photoacoustic microscopy

Laser product

Output wavelength

Pulse energy

Repetition rate

Pulse width

Stability

Elforlight SPOT-10-200-532

532 nm

20 μJ

0–50 kHz

1.8 ns

<  2%

Spectral Physics VGEN-G-HE-30

532 nm

180 μJ

Single pulse to 1500 kHz

5 to 30 ns, tunable

<  2%