DocumentCode
1144827
Title
High-efficiency tunable CW dye laser
Author
Dienes, Andrew ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Shank, Charles V.
Author_Institution
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
8
Issue
3
fYear
1972
fDate
3/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
388
Lastpage
388
Abstract
An output power of 1 W is reported from a tunable CW dye laser pumped by 3.5 W of argon laser radiation. The nearly 30 percent conversion efficiency is achieved by using a very low-loss folded 3-mirror cavity and by pumping through a Brewster-angle dispersing prism.
Keywords
Argon; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Power lasers; 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.1972.1076965
Filename
1076965
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