Passive mode locking of a continuous wave dye laser operating in the blue-green spectral region

Journal Article · Mon Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97722· OSTI ID:6535907

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

The passive mode locking of a continuous wave dye laser operating in the blue-green spectral region is reported for the first time. In a simple linear configuration with no optimization of the intracavity dispersion, coumarin 102, excited by the ultraviolet lines of an argon ion laser, has been mode locked using 3,3'-diethyl oxacarbocyanine iodide over the spectral range 487--508 nm, yielding pulses as short as 580 fs duration at 498 nm.

• Research Organization: Laser Optics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, England
• OSTI ID: 6535907
• Journal Information: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 50:24; ISSN APPLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ARGON
COUMARIN
DYE LASERS
ELEMENTS
ESTERS
FLUIDS
GAS LASERS
GASES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
IODINE COMPOUNDS
LACTONES
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
MODE LOCKING
NONMETALS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PULSES
PYRANS
RARE GASES