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