Design and performance of a high-power, synchronized Nd:YAG--dye laser system
Journal Article
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· Opt. Lett.; (United States)
The design and performance of a Nd:YAG--dye-laser system capable of producing synchronized peak powers approaching 10 GW is described. The output of the amplified dye-laser system is several millijoules with fully tunable pulses as short as 300 fsec and is optically synchronized with the 3-GW output of an amplified Nd:YAG laser system, permitting a new class of high-intensity pump--probe experiments. By using short (approx. =70-psec) pulses to pump the dye amplifier, the energy of amplified spontaneous emission is reduced to less than 10/sup -5/ of that contained in the main subpicosecond pulse.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, MC L-473, Livermore, California 94550
- OSTI ID:
- 6877058
- Journal Information:
- Opt. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 14:1; ISSN OPLED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
DESIGN
DYE LASERS
GARNETS
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
MINERALS
NEODYMIUM LASERS
OPTICAL PUMPING
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
POWER RANGE 1-10 GW
PULSES
PUMPING
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SOLID STATE LASERS
SYNCHRONIZATION
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TUNING
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
DESIGN
DYE LASERS
GARNETS
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
MINERALS
NEODYMIUM LASERS
OPTICAL PUMPING
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
POWER RANGE 1-10 GW
PULSES
PUMPING
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SOLID STATE LASERS
SYNCHRONIZATION
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TUNING
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS