Simultaneous determination of the spectral and temporal properties of tunable, single, picosecond pulses from a short cavity dye laser
Abstract
Simultaneous quantitative spectral and temporal measurements of the output pulses from a single-axial mode rhodamine 6G short cavity (1-8 microns) dye laser are reported. The dye laser was pumped at 10 Hz with single second harmonic (532 nm) pulses from a mode-locked Nd(+3):YAG laser. Spectral measurements made with a high resolution spectrograph and temporal measurements made with an ultrafast streak camera indicate the production of Fourier transform limited pulses for near threshold operation. Output pulses of 7-14 ps (FWHM) are observed from the short cavity dye laser when pumped with 15-30 ps duration 532 nm pulses. The output pulse delay and jitter are also investigated. A theoretical model for the temporal evolution of the pulses is presented and compared with the experimental results.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- April 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1109/JQE.1983.1071892
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJQE...19..544S
- Keywords:
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- Dye Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Picosecond Pulses;
- Spectral Resolution;
- Temporal Resolution;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Fourier Transformation;
- High Resolution;
- Laser Mode Locking;
- Laser Pumping;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Rhodamine;
- Time Lag;
- Yag Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers