Ultrashort-pulse generation in solid state dye lasers

Serge V. Garnov; Sergei M. Klimentov; Ya. V. Kravchenko; Alexander A. Manenkov; Dennis P. Pacheco; Henry R. Aldag

doi:10.1117/12.308690

27 May 1998 Ultrashort-pulse generation in solid state dye lasers

Serge V. Garnov, Sergei M. Klimentov, Ya. V. Kravchenko, Alexander A. Manenkov, Dennis P. Pacheco, Henry R. Aldag

Proceedings Volume 3265, Solid State Lasers VII; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308690
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Generation of ultrashort pulses (picosecond range duration) in pyrromethene-580 (PM-580) and xanthene 11B dyes doped modified PMMA polymer lasers is reported. Active polymer elements were pumped by second harmonic radiation of the 50 picosecond Nd:YAG laser. A single-pulse and train-pulse laser generation was observed at different conditions (variable optical resonator length and pump energy) with a pulsewidth ranging from 140 ps to 30 ps. The train-pulse generation is attributed to mode-locking of a laser resonator. The lifetime (tau) _e, of an excited quantum state of a laser transition of the PM- 580 dye molecules has been estimated ((tau) _e equals 200 divided by 250 ps) from the pulse-train duration.

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Serge V. Garnov, Sergei M. Klimentov, Ya. V. Kravchenko, Alexander A. Manenkov, Dennis P. Pacheco, and Henry R. Aldag "Ultrashort-pulse generation in solid state dye lasers", Proc. SPIE 3265, Solid State Lasers VII, (27 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308690

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