Dye laser traveling wave amplifier
Abstract
A flashlamp pumped dye laser suitable for use as a single stage amplifier is described. Particular emphasis is placed on the efforts to increase output pulse energy and improve the temporal profile of the injected pulse. By using high power thin film polarizers, output energies reach from 4 to 45 mJ. Various dispersive elements are used to develop an amplified pulse with an extremely clean temporal profile.
- Publication:
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Final Report
- Pub Date:
- January 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984jhu..reptS....D
- Keywords:
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- Amplifier Design;
- Amplifiers;
- Dye Lasers;
- Electro-Optics;
- Laser Pumping;
- Laser Stability;
- Nitrogen Lasers;
- Flash Lamps;
- Laser Cavities;
- Laser Damage;
- Laser Outputs;
- Mirrors;
- Yield Point;
- Lasers and Masers