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Not presently...

I did for a while as a student RA and I absorbed lots associating with the optics grad students. I used a pulsed Nitrogen "laser" and to a lesser extent a 3 micron OPO with a Time Of Flight Mass Spec (ToF-SIMS) to attempt to enhance the yeild of larger (organic) molecules.

Problem was, those two lasers borrowed second hand from a Chemistry Prof. who does laser desorption ran at 10-20 Hz and the ToF-SIMS to yeild a signal in a cats lifetime should run at least 1kHz and ideally 10kHz.
Purchase of a 10kHz diode seeded Nd:YAG with turn-key multiple harmonic output was out of the question.

I also had a great optics teacher.

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