Dye laser radiation in the 370-760-nm region pumped by a XeF excimer laser
Abstract
It is pointed out that with the advent of high power excimer lasers, there is a need for comprehensive information on the pumping characteristics of these lasers. Extensive information exists currently only for XeCl (308 nm). The present study provides energy conversion efficiency curves for an oscillator/amplifier dye laser system for 17 dyes covering the range from 370 to 760 nm. A XeF excimer laser is used as the dye laser pumping source. Conversion efficiencies in excess of 10 percent are found over the range from 410 to 650 nm, while a maximum of 21 percent is found at 540 nm. In the near IR (690-750 nm) the efficiency exceeds 5 percent.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- April 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.24.000937
- Bibcode:
- 1985ApOpt..24..937E
- Keywords:
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- Dye Lasers;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Excimer Lasers;
- Laser Pumping;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Xenon Fluoride Lasers;
- High Power Lasers;
- Near Infrared Radiation;
- Spectral Energy Distribution;
- Lasers and Masers;
- LASERS: DYE;
- LASERS: EXCIMER