Title :
Production of picosecond pulses by mode locking an Nd:glass laser with dye # 5
Author :
Alfano, R.R. ; Schiller, N.H. ; Reynolds, G.A.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Application Lab., Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA
fDate :
3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An Nd:phosphate glass laser was mode locked with Kodak heptamethine pyrylium dye #5. The emission from the laser consisted of a train of approximately 100 pulses. The pulse duration of a single pulse selected from different parts of the train was consistently less than 4.5 ps. The smallest pulse duration measured was 2.4 ps.
Keywords :
Dyes; Mode locked lasers; Neodymium:glass lasers; Glass; Laser beam cutting; Laser mode locking; Neodymium; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Production; Pulse measurements; Pulsed power supplies;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1981.1071117
