High-energy picosecond pulses: design of a dye-laser-amplifier system
Journal Article
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· Opt. Lett.; (United States)
A synchronously pumped dye laser is constructed that uses an actively mode-locked Q-switched Nd:YAG laser as the pump source. The system consists of a grating-tuned dye oscillator and two transversely pumped and one longitudinally pumped amplifier stages. Output energies of 1.5 mJ in a 20-psec pulse at 5700 A, corresponding to a peak power of 10/sup 8/ W, are obtained by using rhodamine 6G. The energy can be increased to 3 mJ at 25 psec FWHM. Characteristic of the amplification process employing short (50-psec) pump pulses are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
- OSTI ID:
- 5644795
- Journal Information:
- Opt. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 7:1; ISSN OPLED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
AMINES
AMPLIFIERS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
DYE LASERS
DYES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FERRITE GARNETS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
METALS
MINERALS
NEODYMIUM
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PULSES
Q-SWITCHING
RARE EARTHS
REAGENTS
RHODAMINES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
AMINES
AMPLIFIERS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
DYE LASERS
DYES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FERRITE GARNETS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
METALS
MINERALS
NEODYMIUM
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PULSES
Q-SWITCHING
RARE EARTHS
REAGENTS
RHODAMINES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS