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Title: Evolution of gain and absorption in a cw mode-locked dye laser

Journal Article · · Opt. Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.14.000362· OSTI ID:6331441

We have measured the evolution of the gain (Rhodamine) and absorber (DODCI) dyes inside a cw mode-locked dye laser. The recovery time of each dye after the passage of the intracavity pulse was much longer than 1 psec. However, a probe pulse passing through one dye and then through the other dye experienced a net gain that lasted only /similar to/1 psec, the duration of the pulse. The results are consistent with the mechanism of pulse formation in a dye laser mode locked by a slow saturable absorber proposed by New and Haus (IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-10, 115 (1974); QE-11, 736 (1975)).

Research Organization:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
OSTI ID:
6331441
Journal Information:
Opt. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 14:7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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