Optically biased tunable femtosecond dye laser and spectral windowing of the compressed second harmonic of Nd: YAg

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6033891

Johnson, A M; Simpson, W M

The authors describe a technique for enhancing tunable ultrashort pulse pumped dye laser performance based on the use of ''long'' pump pulses to optically bias the cavity toward minimal losses. Increases in dye laser output power of 155 percent and powers as high as 125 mw have been measured with pulse durations under 300 FS. Optical pulses as short as 180 fs are reported for this ultrashort pulse pumped dye laser oscillator. They also report the first measurements of the spectral windowing of compressed 532 nm pulses for temporal pulse shaping, in the optimal group velocity dispersion limit. Temporal pulse shaping is demonstrated with small losses in power and minimal pulse broadening.

• OSTI ID: 6033891
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States) Vol. QE-22:1; ISSN IEJQA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
DYE LASERS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY LOSSES
EQUIPMENT
HARMONICS
LASER CAVITIES
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
LOSSES
NEODYMIUM LASERS
OPTICAL PUMPING
OSCILLATIONS
OSCILLATORS
PERFORMANCE
PHASE VELOCITY
POWER RANGE 100-1000 MW
PULSE TECHNIQUES
PUMPING
SOLID STATE LASERS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TUNING
VELOCITY