Simultaneous determination of the spectral and temporal properties of tunable, single, picosecond pulses from a short cavity dye laser

Author

Scott, Gary W. ; Clark, John H. ; Tolbert, Margaret A. ; Webb, Steven P. ; Cox, A.J. ; Renz, Günther

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, Riverside, CA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

4

fYear

1983

fDate

4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

544

Lastpage

550

Abstract

We report simultaneous quantitative spectral and temporal measurements of the output pulses from a single-axial mode rhodamine 6G short cavity ( $1-8 \\mu$ m) dye laser. 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.

Keywords

Dye lasers; Laser resonators; Laser tuning; Optical pulse measurements; Pulsed lasers; Cameras; Fourier transforms; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Production; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.1983.1071892

Filename

1071892