High-efficiency single-frequency cw ring dye laser

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Opt. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.4.000176· OSTI ID:6226262

Jarrett, S M; Young, J F

A cw dye laser is described that provides tunable, high-power single-frequency radiation over the entire visible spectrum. Central to the design is the elimination of spatial hole burning and the enhancement of mode competition through the use of a ring resonator and a very-low-loss Faraday-effect device to select a single traveling-wave direction. As much as 0.9 W of single-frequency 580-nm radiation is available from rhodamine 6G using a 4-W 514.5-nm argon-ion laser pump. Intracavity second-harmonic generation has produced over 20 mW of tunable single-frequency ultraviolet radiation under the same conditions.

• Research Organization: Spectra-Physics, Inc., Mountain View, California 94042
• OSTI ID: 6226262
• Journal Information: Opt. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 4:6; ISSN OPLED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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