Title :
Low-threshold dye laser pumped by visible laser diodes
Author_Institution :
Control & Ocean Surveillance Center, Naval Command, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
The author describes a continuous-wave (CW) dye laser has been pumped by laser diodes for the first time. Two 10-mW visible laser diodes were polarization-combined to pump a rhodamine 700 dye jet laser. The absorbed pump threshold power was 5.6 mW, and 0.28 mW of output power was produced at 758 nm. The resonator was scalable and generated over 360 mW with a slope efficiency of 57% when pumped with a DCM dye laser at 660 nm.<>
Keywords :
dye lasers; optical pumping; organic compounds; 0.28 mW; 10 mW; 360 mW; 5.6 mW; 57 percent; 660 nm; 758 nm; CW laser; DCM dye laser; absorbed pump threshold power; continuous-wave; laser pumping; laser resonator; low-threshold dye laser; output power; polarization-combined; rhodamine 700 dye jet laser; scalable; slope efficiency; visible laser diodes; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical resonators; Polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
