Simultaneous determination of the spectral and temporal properties of tunable, single, picosecond pulses from a short cavity dye laser

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1983.1071892· OSTI ID:5482700

Scott, G; Clark, J; Cox, A; Renz, G; Tolbert, M; Webb, S

The authors report simultaneous quantitative spectral and temporal measurements of the output pulses from a single-axial mode rhodamine 6G short cavity (1-8 ..mu..m) dye laser. The dye laser was pumped at 10 Hz with single second harmonic (532 nm) pulses from a mode-locked Nd/sup +3/:YAG laser. Spectral measurements made with a high resolution spectrograph and temporal measurements made with an ultrafast streak camera indicate the production of Fourier transform limited pulses for near threshold operation. Output pulses of 7-14 ps (FWHM) are observed from the short cavity dye laser when pumped with 15-30 ps duration 532 nm pulses. The output pulse delay and jitter are also investigated. A theoretical model for the temporal evolution of the pulses is presented and compared with the experimental results.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; AM03-76SF00034
• OSTI ID: 5482700
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States) Vol. 19:4; ISSN IEJQA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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