DocumentCode :
1101886
Title :
Narrow-band infrared picosecond pulses tunable between 1.2 and 1.4 µm generated by a traveling-wave dye laser
Author :
Elsaesser, T. ; Polland, H.J. ; Seilmeier, A. ; Kaiser, W.
Author_Institution :
Technischen Universtät München, München, Germany
Volume :
20
Issue :
3
fYear :
1984
fDate :
3/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
191
Lastpage :
194
Abstract :
A novel type of picosecond light source is the traveling-wave dye laser. It consists of a generator and an amplifier cell, both pumped by single pulses. Using the fast switching dye No. 5 with a fluorescence quantum efficiency of 
, one obtains an energy conversion of the pump to the IR pulse of up to 10 percent. The spectral width of the IR pulses is 15 cm-1over the tunability range of 
m. At 1.33 μm we observe Gaussian shaped pulses of 4.4 ps duration for pump pulses of 4.5 ps generated by a mode-locked Nd:glass laser. The output pulses show a high stability with a jitter of less than 0.2 ps.
, one obtains an energy conversion of the pump to the IR pulse of up to 10 percent. The spectral width of the IR pulses is 15 cm-1over the tunability range of m. At 1.33 μm we observe Gaussian shaped pulses of 4.4 ps duration for pump pulses of 4.5 ps generated by a mode-locked Nd:glass laser. The output pulses show a high stability with a jitter of less than 0.2 ps.Keywords :
Dye lasers; Laser tuning; Pulsed lasers; Ring lasers; Energy conversion; Fluorescence; Light sources; Narrowband; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9197
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1984.1072373
Filename :
1072373
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