Passive mode locking of an energy transfer continuous-wave dye laser

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1986.1073121· OSTI ID:5281368

French, P M.W.; Taylor, J R

The first passive mode locking of a continuous-wave energy transfer dye laser is reported. Using an argon ion laser-pumped mixture of rhodamine 6G and sulphur rhodamine 101 as the active medium, pulses of less than 500 fs duration have been generated over the spectral range 652-694 nm using two different saturable absorbers in a simple linear cavity without dispersion optimization. Pulses as short as 120 fs have been measured using standard second-harmonic generation autocorrelation techniques.

• Research Organization: Laser Optics Section, Dept. of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ
• OSTI ID: 5281368
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States) Vol. QE-22:8; ISSN IEJQA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
AMINES
ARGON IONS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHARGED PARTICLES
DISPERSIONS
DYE LASERS
DYES
ENERGY TRANSFER
FREQUENCY MIXING
HARMONIC GENERATION
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
IONS
LASER CAVITIES
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
MIXTURES
MODE LOCKING
OPTICAL PUMPING
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PULSES
PUMPING
REAGENTS
RHODAMINES