Tunable picosecond pulses around 13 μm generated by a synchronously pumped infrared dye laser
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 8 (4), 205-207
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.8.000205
Abstract
An infrared dye laser is synchronously pumped by a cw mode-locked Nd:YAG system at 1.06 μm. The tuning range extends from 1.20 to 1.32 μm. A pulse duration of 3 psec was measured at 1.25 μm. The high photostability of the laser dye makes the laser system a practical device.Keywords
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