Tunable subpicosecond dye laser amplified at 1 kHz by a cavity-dumped, Q-switched, and mode-locked Nd:YAG laser

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.6.000257· OSTI ID:6547044

Newell, V J; Deeg, F W; Greenfield, S R; Fayer, M D

Tunable subpicosecond pulses are generated by synchronously pumping a dye laser with the pulse-compressed and frequency-doubled output of an acousto-optically mode-locked cw Nd:YAG laser. The pulses are amplified at a repetition rate of 1 kHz, using the frequency-doubled output of a cavity-dumped, acousto-optically mode-locked, Q-switched, cw pumped Nd:YAG laser. Amplified transform-limited pulses of 150--300 fsec have been obtained in the wavelength range of 560--680 nm (R6G and DCM dyes) with a maximum energy of 50 ..mu..J. Since there is no intracavity prism compensation and no recompression stage after the amplifier, the system is tuned easily with a single-plate birefringent filter; only cavity-length adjustment is required. An electronic control system eliminates amplitude fluctuations caused by timing jitter between the 70-psec amplifying pulses and the dye pulses.

• Research Organization: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
• OSTI ID: 6547044
• Journal Information: J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 6:2; ISSN JOBPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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