Narrow linewidth, high prf copper laser-pumped dye-laser oscillators

Journal Article · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Appl. Opt.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.23.001391· OSTI ID:6693583

Duarte, F J; Piper, J A

Design and operating characteristics are reported for high prf copper laser-pumped rhodamine 590 dye-laser oscillators using simple Littrow-mounted or grazing-incidence grating cavities incorporating double-prism beam expanders. Conversion efficiencies from the 2-W, lambda510.6-nm pump beam at the lambda575-nm peak of the dye tuning band are 4--5% for linewidths in the subgigahertz range down to 650 MHz at a pulse repetition frequency of 8 kHz. Background amplified spontaneous emission intensity is low, typically 1% of tunable laser intensity for the Littrow-grating cavity and only 0.1% for the grazing-incidence grating cavity.

• Research Organization: Macquarie University, School of Mathematics and Physics, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia
• OSTI ID: 6693583
• Journal Information: Appl. Opt.; (United States), Vol. 23:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DYES
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HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
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