CW dye laser operation at 200 W pump power
Abstract
A continuously operating jet stream dye laser was pumped by a multiwavelength-multimode argon-ion-laser with a pump power up to 200 W. Rhodamine 6G-chloride was dissolved in a water-polyvinylalcohol-ammonyx solution. The dye laser was prism-tunable between 560 and 650 nm with maximum output power at 600 nm. The maximum output power of the CW dye laser was 43 W without tuning element and 33 W with a prism placed inside the cavity. Operation of a jet stream dye laser with a pump power higher than 200 W and an efficiency of about 30% seems to be possible.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics B Photophysics Laser Chemistry
- Pub Date:
- September 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982ApPPL..29...19B
- Keywords:
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- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Dye Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Laser Pumping;
- Argon Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Power Efficiency;
- Rhodamine;
- Temperature Effects;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers