• 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